# Sri Lanka women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25

The Sri Lanka women's cricket team toured New Zealand in March 2025 to play the New Zealand women's cricket team. The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In July 2024, the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024–25 home international season.

## Squads

| New Zealand | New Zealand | Sri Lanka |
| ODIs | T20Is | ODIs & T20Is |
| Suzie Bates (c) Emma Black Eden Carson Lauren Down Izzy Gaze (wk) Maddy Green Brooke Halliday Bree Illing Polly Inglis (wk) Bella James (wk) Hayley Jensen Fran Jonas Jess Kerr Emma McLeod Georgia Plimmer Hannah Rowe Izzy Sharp | Suzie Bates (c) Eden Carson Flora Devonshire Izzy Gaze (wk) Maddy Green Brooke Halliday Bree Illing Polly Inglis (wk) Bella James (wk) Hayley Jensen Fran Jonas Jess Kerr Rosemary Mair Emma McLeod Georgia Plimmer Izzy Sharp | Chamari Athapaththu (c) Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Imesha Dulani Vishmi Gunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Malki Madara Manudi Nanayakkara Sachini Nisansala Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk) Udeshika Prabodhani Inoshi Priyadharshani Harshitha Samarawickrama Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) Rashmika Sewwandi Chethana Vimukthi |
On 28 February, Bella James was ruled out of the ODI series due to a grade-two quadricep strain on her right leg, with Lauren Down named as her replacement. On 3 March, Hayley Jensen was ruled out of the ODI series due to a hip flexor injury, with Fran Jonas named as her replacement. On 6 March, Lauren Down was ruled out of the series with a back injury and was replaced by Izzy Sharp. Also, Emma Black was added into the squad for the 3rd ODI as a cover for Hannah Rowe. On 11 March, Izzy Gaze (hip flexor), Bella James (hip flexor) and Hayley Jensen (quadricep) were ruled out of the T20I series, and were replaced by Bree Illing, Polly Inglis and Flora Devonshire.

## Tour match
### 40 overs match

* 28 February 2025 11:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 201/8 (40 overs) | v | New Zealand XI 197/9 (40 overs) |
| Manudi Nanayakkara 58 (59) Jess Watkin 3/26 (8 overs) | | Jess Watkin 36 (20) Sachini Nisansala 4/43 (8 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Greg Pennell (NZ) and Craig Pryor (NZ)
* Toss uncontested.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 4 March 2025 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 147/5 (36.4 overs) | v | New Zealand |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama 66* (96) Bree Illing 2/42 (10 overs) | | |
* No result McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Cory Black (NZ) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* Bree Illing, Polly Inglis, Emma McLeod (NZ), Manudi Nanayakkara and Chethana Vimukthi (SL) all made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 7 March 2025 11:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 245/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 167 (46.4 overs) |
| Maddy Green 100 (109) Chamari Athapaththu 2/42 (10 overs) | | Harshitha Samarawickrama 59 (77) Hannah Rowe 4/31 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 78 runs Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: Greg Pennell (NZ) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Maddy Green (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 9 March 2025 11:00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 280/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 182 (50 overs) |
| Georgia Plimmer 112 (120) Sugandika Kumari 3/70 (10 overs) | | Kavisha Dilhari 45 (54) Jess Kerr 3/22 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 98 runs Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Georgia Plimmer (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Georgia Plimmer (NZ) scored her first century in ODIs.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 14 March 2025 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 101 (18.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 102/3 (14.1 overs) |
| Emma McLeod 44 (46) Malki Madara 3/14 (3.5 overs) | | Chamari Athapaththu 64* (48) Jess Kerr 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Kannan Jagannathan (NZ) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Malki Madara (SL)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bree Illing, Polly Inglis, Emma McLeod, Izzy Sharp (NZ), Malki Madara and Manudi Nanayakkara (SL) all made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 16 March 2025 10:15 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 113/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 117/3 (18.3 overs) |
| Manudi Nanayakkara 35 (32) Bree Illing 2/18 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 47 (46) Achini Kulasuriya 1/11 (2.3 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Tina Semmens (NZ) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Flora Devonshire (NZ) made her T20I debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 18 March 2025 10:15 Scorecard
| New Zealand 101/3 (14.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka |
| Georgia Plimmer 46* (37) Chamari Athapaththu 1/19 (3 overs) | | |
* No result University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Greg Pennell (NZ) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* Rashmika Sewwandi (SL) made her T20I debut.