New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women Head to Head Stats

New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women Matches Timeline

In ODIs New Zealand are 6 to 2 up from 10 since Nov 2015, with 2 no results. They opened with big wins at Lincoln, by 96 runs and then by 10 wickets, and their widest margin came at Galle on 30 Jun 2023: 116 runs after posting 329/7. Sri Lanka’s 2 ODI wins came in the same Galle series, both on DLS, by 9 and 8 wickets. The last 2 completed ODIs, at Nelson in Mar 2025, went to New Zealand.

The T20I count is 10 to 3 for New Zealand from 14 matches since Sep 2012. The widest T20I margin was 102 runs, at Paarl on 19 Feb 2023. Sri Lanka’s most striking reply was a 10-wicket win at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on 12 Jul 2023, chasing with 143/0 in 14.3 overs. Since then the T20Is have gone back and forth.

Leading Players: Athapaththu and Bates

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), who appears in the tables as AC Jayangani, is the standout batter. Her 455 ODI runs at 56.88 top the list, and her 140* from 80 balls, with 9 sixes, at Galle on 3 Jul 2023 is the highest innings in the fixture. She also holds the best T20I score, 80* in that 10-wicket chase.

Suzie Bates (New Zealand) has piled up 450 T20I runs, more than anyone, and averages 72.80 in ODIs. She and Athapaththu are level on 3 match awards apiece.

With the ball, Sophie Devine (New Zealand) has 9 ODI wickets and HR Huddleston (New Zealand) took 5/35 at Bristol on 24 Jun 2017. In T20Is, I Ranaweera and WK Dilhari, both of Sri Lanka, are joint leaders on 10 wickets, and Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand) returned the best spell, 4/21.

Venues, Coin Toss and Typical Totals

T20I scoring between these two has stayed modest: a typical first innings of 124, and nothing higher than 162/3. In ODIs the first innings averages 218, with 4 decided games won each way. Whoever won the toss also won 5 decided ODIs from 8, while in T20Is the figure is 7 from 13.

Galle International Stadium has hosted the most games, 4, split 2 each. New Zealand won both at Lincoln and both at Nelson. They have also met at Hagley Oval and the Rose Bowl. For a related rivalry, see India Women vs Sri Lanka Women.