Sri Lanka’s women will head back to the Caribbean in late February for a short, all-white-ball visit that squeezes three ODIs and three T20Is into 12 days. Every match is pencilled in for the Grenada National Stadium, an arrangement both boards feel keeps travel faff to a minimum.
The schedule is straightforward. The one-dayers run on 20, 22 and 25 February, then the sides swap kits and go again on 28 February, 1 March and 3 March in the sprint format. No Test match, no warm-ups – just six proper fixtures.
Why the rush? The T20Is matter. Both teams are parked in Group 2 at this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup in England, alongside the hosts, New Zealand and two as-yet-unknown qualifiers. West Indies captain Hayley Matthews put it simply last month: “We need as many pressure games as we can find before the World Cup.” Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu hummed the same tune: “Time in the middle against a strong attack is gold for us.”
Form lines are politely different. Sri Lanka have not lifted a bilateral T20I series since the Asia Cup triumph of 2024, whereas West Indies have just stitched together home wins over Bangladesh and South Africa. Flip the coin in the 50-over stuff, though, and the visitors might fancy it – they swept West Indies 3-0 on this patch two years ago.
Either way, six matches in one island offers a neat yardstick. Results will shape both squads’ final selections for England, but equally, any emerging player who handles Caribbean surfaces well in February is likely to keep her seat on the plane in June.
Fixtures (all at Grenada National Stadium)
1st ODI: 20 Feb
2nd ODI: 22 Feb
3rd ODI: 25 Feb
1st T20I: 28 Feb
2nd T20I: 1 Mar
3rd T20I: 3 Mar
