Outclassed by using a much less fancied West Indies aspect in the 2016 ICC ladies's international Twenty20 finale, Australia have quick shifted their cognizance on the subsequent name. Six-time winners and protecting champions in the 50-over layout, Australia will begin their new season with an eye on 2017 ICC ladies's world Cup qualification as they tackle hosts Sri Lanka women in a four-match One-Day worldwide (ODI) series, starting Sunday (September 18) at Dambulla. Australia's maiden limited-overs excursion of Sri Lanka incorporates of four ODIs, remaining three of in order to matter closer to the ICC girls's Championship, and a lone Twenty20 worldwide. without difficulty placed on the top of the Championship table, Australia have 24 points from their 15 video games after five rounds and are just one point away from gaining an automatic qualification for the 2017 mega occasion to be held in England. The hosts Sri Lanka girls, on the other hand, are reeling at the bottom of the 8-crew table with simply 5 factors from their 15 video games to date. To top it, the house crew can also be without their ordinary skipper and one of the most skilled campaigners Shashikala Siriwardena. The ninety three-sport veteran picked up a hamstring harm in Sri Lanka's first league sport of the sector T20 in India in advance this year and has been out of action on account that. With Siriwardena present process a minor surgery for a returned harm, the selectors have exceeded the captaincy to Chamari Athapaththu, who additionally led the crew for the remainder of the arena T20. Wicketkeeper-bat Prasadini Weerakkody has been named her deputy. Sri Lanka have named uncapped Inoshi Priyadarshani and Imalka Mendis within the 14-member squad so that you can additionally see Chamari Polgampola and Inoka Ranaweera making their ODI comeback after being ignored for the away tour of India in February in advance this 12 months. Up towards a top-elegance group, the hosts are banking on the spin trio of Priyadarshani, Inoka Ranaweera and Sungandika Kumari to stage an dissatisfied, instruct Lanka de Silva conceded. "The Australian line-up has plenty of proper-handers, and Inoka and Sugandika, our most experienced spinners in the facet, should make it tough for them," the head coach stated in advance of the first ODI. "We also have the off-breaks of Inoshi Priyadharshani and we're banking at the three of them to supply." the majority of batting duty may be at the experienced shoulders of Athapaththu, Eshani Lokusuriyage, Weerakoddy, Dilani Manodara and Polgampola. "we've got decided on very talented players as new caps. despite the fact that they lack revel in, in the event that they carry out to their potential, we will nonetheless pose a large undertaking to Australia. The Australian players are bodily more potent than us and they are able to move for large hits on every occasion wanted, but we're confident that our spinners will try and maintain them beneath the 2 hundred-run mark as an awful lot as possible," stand-in skipper Athapaththu stated beforehand of the series opener. in spite of being on the opposite ends of the championship table, Australian skipper Meg Lanning is in no temper to take Athapaththu & Co. with no consideration. "We go out there to win every recreation we play in, and this series is not any different. we've got been in quite excellent form in a single-day cricket, so we are looking ahead to trying out ourselves in extraordinary situations against a terrific crew," the pinnacle-ranked ODI batter said. Lanning is also privy to the project the Sri Lankan conditions can pose for her aspect. "it'll be a project in different situations with a truthful bit of spin and slowness within the wickets, so it will be an amazing take a look at for us but we are all looking ahead to it. "Sri Lanka's batting and bowling attacks are extraordinary to plenty of teams we play in opposition to, likely a touch bit slower and (with) a variety of spinners, so it really is going to be a terrific check. Their batters probable hit to one of a kind areas as nicely so it will likely be a unique mission however an excellent one for our group to tackle," Lanning introduced. aside from situations, but, Australia have a few injury worries of their camp. The Sri Lanka collection is the start of a 5-month lengthy season for the sector champions and a number of megastar performers in the squad have health troubles that want to be monitored closely. The 23-yr-antique all-rounder Jess Jonassen and pacer Megan Schutt are each returning after getting better from knee injuries in the off season. Skipper Lanning herself is coming back after a shoulder injury that forced her to withdraw from the inaugural edition of england's amazing League. Ellyse Perry is predicted to lead the tempo attack but is also known to be carrying a moderate niggle. Having stated, no matter the truth that the first of the four ODIs contributes no factors to the championship standings, the site visitors are predicted to area a complete-energy facet on Sunday. Australia girls lead the top-to-head of their ODI encounters through three-0 margin. the first and the second ODI will be performed on Dambulla on September 18 and 20. The motion moves to Colombo for the the rest of the collection. The very last two ODIs may be held at Khettarama on September 23 and 25 while the lone T20I might be played out at SSC on September 27.