The Sri Lanka women's cricket team toured Ireland in August 2024 to play the Ireland women's cricket team. The tour consists of two Twenty20 International (T20I) and three One Day International (ODI) matches. The ODI series formed part of the 2022âÂÂ2025 ICC Women's Championship. This was Sri Lanka's first bilateral tour of Ireland. In April 2024, the Cricket Ireland (CI) announced the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024 home international season.
The tourists won the first T20I comfortably by 7 wickets, with Harshitha Samarawickrama scoring an unbeaten 86. However, Ireland won the second match by 7 runs, their first victory over Sri Lanka, withÃÂ Gaby Lewis scoring a magnificent century of 119, to ensure that the series finished level.
Vishmi Gunaratne's maiden century went in vain as the hosts won the first ODI by three wickets, their first victory over Sri Lanka, with Orla Prendergast scoring an unbeaten 122. Despite a maiden century by Harshitha Samarawickrama, Ireland won the second ODI by 15 runs, withÃÂ Leah Paul playing a magnificent innings of 81 and secured their first series victory over Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the third and last ODI by eight wickets to prevent a whitewash, with the help of an all-round performance from Chamari Athapaththu.
On 12 August 2024, Una Raymond-Hoey was ruled out of the T20I series due to injury, Sarah Forbes was named as her replacement. On 15 August 2024, Ireland captain Laura Delany and Una Raymond-Hoey were ruled out of the ODI series due to ligament damage and muscle tear respectively. Gaby Lewis was named as the captain and Orla Prendergast was named as her deputy. Jane Maguire was named as replacement for Laura Delany, while Sarah Forbes remained with the squad as cover. Lewis sustained an injury while fielding in the first ODI, ruling her out of the remainder of the series, with Prendergast taking over as captain. Christina Coulter-Reilly joined the Ireland squad as cover.