Sri Lanka women's national under-19 cricket team

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Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 cricket team
Association Sri Lanka Cricket
Personnel
Captain Vishmi Gunaratne
Coach Shashikala Siriwardene
History
Twenty20 debutv Flag of the United States.svg  United States at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa; 14 January 2023
U19 World Cup  wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC region Asia

The Sri Lanka women's under-19 cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Sri Lanka Cricket (SL).

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The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first-ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the Super Six stage. [1] [2]

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Sri Lanka qualified automatically for the tournament. [4]

Sri Lanka named their 15-player squad for the tournament on 5 December 2022. [5] The side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fifth in their group. [2]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Sri Lanka under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [5]

NameMost Recent Call-up
Dulanga Dissanayake2023 World Cup
Vishmi Gunaratne 2023 World Cup
Manudi Nanayakkara2023 World Cup
Rashmi Nethranjalee2023 World Cup
Sumudu Nisansala2023 World Cup
Harini Perera2023 World Cup
Vidushika Perera2023 World Cup
Umaya Rathnayake2023 World Cup
Dahami Sanethma2023 World Cup
Rishmi Sanjana2023 World Cup
Nethmi Senarathne2023 World Cup
Rashmika Sewwandi2023 World Cup
Vihara Sewwandi2023 World Cup
Pamoda Shaini2023 World Cup
Dewmi Vihanga2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 24 January 2023

Playing records
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals5140014 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 24 January 2023

ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1010018 January 2023
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1010016 January 2023
Flag of India.svg  India 1010022 January 2023
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1010024 January 2023
Associate members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of the United States.svg United States 1100014 January 202314 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span [6]
1 Vishmi Gunaratne 13444.662023–Present
2Dewmi Vihanga11322.602023–Present
3Manudi Nanayakkara6616.502023–Present

Leading wickets takers

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span [7]
1Dewmi Vihanga912.882023–Present
2Vidushika Perera523.802023–Present
3Rashmi Nethranjali338.002023–Present

Highest individual innings

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date [8]
1 Vishmi Gunaratne 60* Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 16 January 2023
2Dewmi Vihanga55Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 16 January 2023
3Nethmi Senarathne36Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24 January 2023

Highest individual bowling figures

As of 24 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date [9]
1Dewmi Vihanga3/11Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14 January 2023
2Vidushika Perera3/25Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24 January 2023
3Dewmi Vihanga3/34Flag of India.svg  India 22 January 2023

Highest team totals

As of 24 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
116 January 2023155/4,
(20 Overs)		Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [10]
224 January 2023133/8,
(20 Overs)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
314 January 2023100/3,
(19 Overs)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Lowest team totals

As of 24 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
122 January 202359/9,
(20 Overs)		Flag of India.svg  India [10]
218 January 202351/10,
(13 Overs)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Under-19 World Cup record

Sri Lanka's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
YearResultPos№PldWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023 Super 6–1651400
Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Thailand.svg 2025 To be determined
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Flag of Nepal.svg 2027
Total51400

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  2. 1 2 "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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