SLW vs SAW Probable Playing 11: Chamari Athapaththu-led Sri Lanka will square off against Laura Wolvaardt-led South Africa in the 18th match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on October 17 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Sri Lankan women are winless so far in the ongoing tournament. Out of the four games they were scheduled, they lost to India Women and England Women, while the matches against Australia Women and New Zealand Women were abandoned due to rain.

On the other hand, South Africa has three wins out of the four games they played so far. Despite a 10-wicket defeat against England, they gave an impressive comeback, winning back to back games against, New Zealand, India and Bangladesh Women.

With South Africa comfortably secured one of the top spot, Sri Lanka is at the second bottom of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 points table.

The Proteas Women went on to secure 16 wins out of 25 games they met Sri Lanka in ODIs while Sri Lanka has 6 wins and 3 games ended with no result.

SLW vs SAW Weather Report

According to weather report, the conditions will be humid and rainy, with the humidity go raise upto 85 percent.

The temperature will likely to range between 25 and 30 degrees celsius. Despite high chances for rain, there are unlikely for showers to affect the game at colombo.

SLW vs SAW Pitch Report

The pitch at Colombo offers a slow, bounce track which favours spin bowlers. Batters need to rotate strike and a total of 240-250 are competitive.

The Surface provides bounce but requires shot selections as spinners find grip and turn as the match progress. Fast bowlers may get some initial movement, but the pitch quickly settles into a spinner’s paradise.

SLW vs SAW Probable Playing 11

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