More SL women’s players invited to play 6-team tournament in Dubai

By Bipin Dani

It is learnt that a few more Sri Lankan women players who recently competed in the ICC’s Women’s Commonwealth Games Qualifiers in Malaysia have been approached by organisers to participate in the world’s first privately funded women’s tournament in Dubai this year.

According to high-level sources in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), in addition to captain Chamari Atapattu, who has already accepted the invitation, vice-captain Harshitha Madavi, Udeshika Prabodhani, and Oshadi Ranasinghe have been approached.

The six-team tournament, to be hosted in collaboration with the Hong Kong Cricket Association, is scheduled to be played in Dubai from May 1-15.

The trophy for winning the Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket qualifier tournament final against Bangladesh will be displayed at the SLC’s museum.  

The women’s players and support staff, who have not been recently affected by COVID, are scheduled to be given the booster vaccination dose on February 7. 

The Sri Lankan women’s team has also been invited to play three ODIs and three T-20Is in Pakistan after the Women’s World Cup, for which the Sri Lankan team did not qualify.