Match No. 5 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025  will take place at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, with Sri Lanka Women (SL-W) taking on Australia Women (AUS-W) on Saturday, October 4 at 3:00 PM IST. The tournament is being co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India, with Colombo as one of the primary venues in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, captained by Chamari Athapaththu, got off to a rough start to the tournament, losing to India Women by 59 runs via the DLS method. Their batters struggled to chase down the 270 runs target, and now sit in sixth place in the points table with a negative NRR of -1.255. Sri Lanka have had difficulty against Australia in the past, having lost all 11 ODIs against them.

On the otherhand, Australia Women started in style; they defeated New Zealand Women by 89 runs in their opening match. Alyssa Healy’s side, led by Ashleigh Gardner, scored 326 runs. Although Sophie Devine, New Zealand captain, scored a century, New Zealand were all out for 237 runs, thus losing by a close margin of over 80 runs.

SL-W vs AUS-W: Head-to-Head Record (ODIs)

Australia Women hold a 100% win record over Sri Lanka Women in ODIs, winning all 11 encounters played so far.

• Matches Played: 11
• Sri Lanka-W Won: 0
• Australia-W Won: 11
• Tied: 0

SL-W vs AUS-W: Stadium Stats (ODIs)

The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo has seen teams that bat first have success, as the first-innings scores are usually high and can be decisive.

• Total Matches: 179
• Matches won batting first: 98
• Matches won bowling first: 69
• Average 1st Innings Score: 232
• Average 2nd Innings Score: 191
• Highest Total: 375/5 (50 overs) by IND vs SL
• Lowest Total: 50/10 (15.2 overs) by SL vs IND
• Highest Successful Chase: 292/4 (48.3 overs) by SL vs AUS
• Lowest Total Defended: 170/10 (49.2 overs) by WI-W vs SL-W

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SL-W vs AUS-W: Predicted Playing XIs

Sri Lanka Women (SL-W): Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera

Australia Women (AUS-W): Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown

Women’s World Cup 2025: Points Table

After the completion of four matches, the points table looks like this.