Malaysia Women vs Thailand Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 3

Dambulla continues to host Women's Asia Cup 2024 matches. The venue hosts the next match between Thailand women and Malaysia Women. The match will be played on Saturday, July 20 from 7.30 pm IST.

India led by Harmanpreet Kaur is the defending champions of the tournament. India have won the tournament seven times the last of them in 2022. They beat Sri Lanka in the final in 2022 to win the tournament for the seventh time.

Bangladesh are the only other winner of the Women's Asia Cup in the history of the tournament. They won the tournament in 2018. Interestingly, two other major Asian sides, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have not won the tournament yet. However, both teams have played a few finals and ended up losing them.

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Malaysia and Thailand are placed in Group B alongside Bangladesh and Sri Lanka the two stronger teams of the group. India and Pakistan are placed in Group A alongside UAE and Nepal. The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the knockout stages to be played on July 26 followed by the final on July 28.

Malaysia Women vs Thailand Women Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium- Women's Asia Cup 2024, Match 3

Malaysia Women vs Thailand Women Weather Report Of Dambulla

The match starts at 2 pm IST. This is an afternoon game and hence there will be no dew on the pitch. Speaking about the weather conditions. The temperatures will be around 29 degrees in the afternoon with decent sunny weather. Humidity will be close to 60 percent with a few dark clouds in patches. However, there is no real threat of rain.

Malaysia Women vs Thailand Women Pitch Analysis

Dambulla hosted just seven T20Is with an average first innings score of 153. However, the highest average first innings score posted is 109. The average second innings score is around 140 and the highest chase is 141.

This being a day game, the conditions will be best when the sun is beating down. The dry pitch will give the batters a chance to open their arms. In the evening, the pitch will become slower and the chase will become difficult. Thus the team batting first must ensure that they post at least 150 or above.

Weather Impact on Malaysia Women vs Thailand Women Asia Cup 2024, Match 3

There is just a two percent chance of rain affecting this match. The conditions overall are very pleasant. The temperatures will be around 30 degrees in the afternoon. By the evening, the temperatures will drop to around 24 degrees. There is just one percent chance of rain and hence not a big threat. Humidity will be around 76 degrees.

Conclusion

This is the third match of the campaign between the two relevantly inexperienced sides. However, the two of them have an opportunity to dish out a close contest and emulate how UAE and Nepal played the first game giving Nepal their first Asia Cup win.

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