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by Devesh Jaganath | in ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Predictions
Match 5 at the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup will see Australia take on Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Southern Stars and SL Women are first and sixth in the standings, respectively. Let’s get into the match prediction.
Australia lived up to their favourites tag by making a storming start to their title defence, beating neighbours New Zealand by 89 runs in their opening match of the competition in midweek.
Ashleigh Gardener led the team to victory with a stunning knock of 115 runs in 83 deliveries, while Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland picked up three wickets apiece with the ball.
The Southern Stars have now won 18 of their last 20 matches across all formats as well as their last 13 against this opponent, dating back to 2013.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will be hoping to make their home advantage count here after suffering a 59-run defeat (DLS) to India in Assam in the tournament opener on Tuesday.
They did well to restrict the Women in Blue to 269/8, but none of their batters managed to reach the half-century mark. Inoka Ranaweera was the standout player, taking 4/46 with the ball.
Sri Lanka have now lost four matches in a row ahead of this one and are massive outsiders in this upcoming contest.
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Australia Women - Sri Lanka Women Key Points
- Australia are the number one-ranked team in the world.
- Australia are the only team to have a player score a century in the competition.
- Australia have four players ranked inside the top 12 batters in the ICC ODI rankings.
- At least one player has scored 83+ runs in four of Australia’s last six ODI matches.
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Our Australia Women vs Sri Lanka Women Prediction
Australia fully lived up to expectations in their opening match of the competition by beating New Zealand fairly easily, and they have shortened even further in the outright market to retain their title this year.
As a result, there is very little value to be had for them winning this match, but given how they started the competition, especially with the bat, we are expecting at least one big knock from the Southern Stars’ top order. Our Australia vs Sri Lanka prediction is highest individual score - over 83.5.
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