2023 Women's T20 World Cup Tips - February 10-26

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South Africa vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions & Tips - Hosts backed to comfortable win

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 07 Feb 2023

Ralph Staniforth 07 Feb 2023

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Watch South Africa vs Sri Lanka Women in the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Friday (17:00 GMT)
Hosts have won their last 5 games against Sri Lanka
Can Kapp continue her superb run scoring form?

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Marizanne Kapp to star in World Cup opener (Getty Images)

South Africa vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions

South Africa have dominated Sri Lanka in this format, and on home soil I don’t expect anything to change. This World Cup opener is set to go South Africa’s way with Marizanne Kapp tipped to get among the runs.

South Africa vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions
Head to Head
South Africa Women Form
South Africa Women Injuries & Team News
Sri Lanka Women Form
Sri Lanka Women Injuries & Team News

South Africa have won their last 5 T20I matches against Sri Lanka.
South Africa have won 3 of their last 4 T20I matches.
South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp has scored 22 & 52 runs in 2 of his last 3 innings.
Sri Lanka’s Harshitha Samarawickrama scored 56 runs in her last T20I innings.

Head to Head

South Africa Women have won their last five T20 matches against Sri Lanka. They last played in August 2022 where South Africa won by 10 wickets.

South Africa Women Form

South Africa come into this home World Cup in good spirits. They have some good form behind them and home conditions.

Prior to the World Cup, South Africa hosted a triangular series between themselves, West Indies and India. South Africa lost to India, then beat the West Indies twice before the final round robin game was rained out against India.

The two however met again in the final, a match the hosts won by five wickets. They have since played one warm-up game with another to come.

Against England, the home bowlers struggled as England piled on 246 runs in 20 overs. South Africa however came close to a miraculous chase, scored 229 in their 20 overs.

South Africa Women Injuries & Team News

South Africa have a reasonably settled lineup. The absence of Dane van Niekerk is a huge blow but they have the batsmen to fill her spot.

Sri Lanka Women Form

Sri Lanka have a few talented individuals, but they have been very inconsistent of late. Conditions in South Africa is also unlikely to favour them.

In October last year they did reach the final of the Asia Cup where they lost to India by eight wickets. On the way there Sri Lanka beat Pakistan and Bangladesh, but also lost to both of them.

They have played one warm-up match to date, beating Ireland by five wickets. At the time of writing they had yet to play their second against the West Indies on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka Women Injuries & Team News

There are no injury concerns for Sri Lanka Women. It will all be about the conditions for this opening clash.

Verdict

South Africa Women v Sri Lanka Women

Marizanne Kapp is backed to top score for South Africa while Harshitha Samarawickrama is tipped to achieve the same feat for Sri Lanka.

Kapp Over 23.5 Runs

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