Ireland missed out on featuring in this year\u2019s Women\u2019s T20 World Cup, as Sri Lanka and Scotland became the top two teams from the qualifying tournament held at Abu Dhabi earlier this year. Laura also pointed towards how Ireland have grown as a side and develop the potential of challenging big teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think as a squad we\u2019ve improved hugely over the last 12 to 18 months, and we\u2019ll be going out there on Sunday to put it in practice. I think as a group we\u2019ve shown that we want to play aggressive and fearless nature (of cricket), and at times, you\u2019ll cop the other end of the stick, and you\u2019ll get out for not many runs.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAnd as a squad, we certainly faced that challenge against Scotland. We want to play the style that we know we can play. And when we play that style of cricket, we will beat the likes of Australia, which we did in the (Women\u2019s T20) World Cup (2023) warm-ups. A couple of years ago, we beat South Africa at home and we\u2019ve won a series against Pakistan,\u201d Laura was quoted as saying by ICC to reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka, who won the Women\u2019s Asia Cup last month, don\u2019t have the services of regular captain Chamari Athapaththu for the T20Is due to her commitments with Oval Invincibles in the Women\u2019s Hundred.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The left-handed batter, though, will join the team for the ODIs. The three-match ODI series will be a part of the ICC Women\u2019s Championship, where Sri Lanka are at the fifth position in the standings, while Ireland are at 10th place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Laura said she is aware Sri Lanka aren\u2019t much heavily dependent on Chamari now, and that the visitors\u2019 will still be at their competitive best in T20Is. \u201cIt\u2019s sticking to our strengths, and knowing that if we play that style of cricket, then hopefully we come up on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The left-handed batter, though, will join the team for the ODIs. The three-match ODI series will be a part of the ICC Women\u2019s Championship, where Sri Lanka are at the fifth position in the standings, while Ireland are at 10th place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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