# Austria women's cricket team in Italy in 2021

The Austria women's cricket team toured Italy in August 2021 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series. The matches were played at the Roma Cricket Ground in the Spinaceto area of Rome, and were the first official WT20I matches played by Italy. A tri-nation series including Jersey had been scheduled, but they were unable to take part due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
In July 2021, the Italian Cricket Federation organised training camps in the north and south of the country and selected a squad to represent these two areas in warm-up matches, after which a 20-player squad (including reserves) was selected. The Italians won the series opener, which was their first official WT20I match. After levelling the series on day two, Austria gained an unassailable lead by winning a double-header on the fourth day. Italy gained a consolation victory by a single run in the final match, while Austria won the series 3–2.

## Squads

| Italy | Austria |
| Kumudu Peddrick (c) Teshani Araliya Rashini Aththidi (wk) Gayathri Batagoda Niroshni Diminguwarige Sewmini Kanankege Sadalee Malwatta Dilaisha Nanayakkara Nipuni Ponnanperumage Sarah Sabelli Dayana Samarasunghe Dishani Samarawickrama Francesca Vaccarella Sharon Withanage (wk) | Gandhali Bapat (c, wk) Valentina Avdylaj Harjivan Bhullar Bangalore Chamundaiah Harjot Dhaliwal Sylvia Kailath Anisha Nookala Mahadewa Pathirannehelage Priyadharshini Ponraj Komati Reddy Priya Sabu Ashmaan Saifee Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz Busra Uca Andrea-Mae Zepeda |

## WT20I series
### 1st WT20I

* 9 August 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Austria 107/3 (20 overs) | v | Italy 108/2 (16.1 overs) |
| Andrea-Mae Zepeda 33 (60) Dishani Samarawickrama 1/14 (4 overs) | | Kumudu Peddrick 47* (47) Valentina Avdylaj 2/9 (3.1 overs) |
* Italy won by 8 wickets Roma Cricket Ground, Rome Umpires: Claudio Fabbri (Ita) and Shanaka Fernando (Ita)
* Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Teshani Araliya, Rashini Aththidi, Gayathri Batagoda, Niroshni Diminguwarige, Sewmini Kanankege, Sadalee Malwatta, Dilaisha Nanayakkara, Kumudu Peddrick, Dayana Samarasunghe, Dishani Samarawickrama, Sharon Withanage (Ita), Gandhali Bapat, Mahadewa Pathirannehelage and Ashmaan Saifee (Aut) all made their WT20I debuts.

### 2nd WT20I

* 10 August 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Italy 98/6 (20 overs) | v | Austria 99/3 (19.1 overs) |
| Dishani Samarawickrama 33 (38) Sylvia Kailath 1/11 (2 overs) | | Gandhali Bapat 19 (35) Dishani Samarawickrama 1/12 (4 overs) |
* Austria won by 7 wickets Roma Cricket Ground, Rome Umpires: Claudio Fabbri (Ita) and Muhammad Shahid (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
* Komati Reddy (Aut) made her WT20I debut.

### 3rd WT20I

* 11 August 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Austria 120/5 (20 overs) | v | Italy 113/3 (20 overs) |
| Andrea-Mae Zepeda 43 (44) Sharon Withanage 3/32 (4 overs) | | Kumudu Peddrick 50* (66) Sylvia Kailath 1/18 (2 overs) |
* Austria won by 7 runs Roma Cricket Ground, Rome Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Muhammad Shahid (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to field.
* Sarah Sabelli (Ita) made her WT20I debut.

### 4th WT20I

* 11 August 2021 16:00 Scorecard
| Italy 73 (17.1 overs) | v | Austria 74/4 (12.1 overs) |
| Rashini Aththidi 8* (18) Valentina Avdylaj 4/12 (4 overs) | | Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz 14 (14) Sharon Withanage 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Austria won by 6 wickets Roma Cricket Ground, Rome Umpires: Ali Hassan (Ita) and Muhammad Shahid (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
* Francesca Vaccarella (Ita) made her WT20I debut.

### 5th WT20I

* 12 August 2021 16:00 Scorecard
| Italy 99/5 (20 overs) | v | Austria 98/8 (20 overs) |
| Kumudu Peddrick 28 (37) Sylvia Kailath 1/4 (1 over) | | Gandhali Bapat 37 (36) Dishani Samarawickrama 2/9 (4 overs) |
* Italy won by 1 run Roma Cricket Ground, Rome Umpires: Shanaka Fernando (Ita) and Ali Hassan (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nipuni Ponnanperumage (Ita) made her WT20I debut.