http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Women – Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup (Group B) – Match Update
Sri Lanka Women skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettimulla-Appuhamilage-Shashikala-Dedunu-Siriwardene-c63126 led from the front with a useful all-round performance, and guided her team to a 20-run victory over the Nepal Women in their Group B match during the ongoing Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup,
at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/China-c40996, today on October 25.
The Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat first – however, the efforts of the Nepal Women skipper Rubina Chhetry (4-0-7-4) and Sonu Khadka (4-0-19-2) ensured that the Lankan Women were not allowed to proceed beyond a final total of 78.
The Sri Lanka Women opened their innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjeewani-Inoka-Galagedara-c88668 (2) and Yasoda Mendis (3), but both were ineffective and fell prey to Chhetry – the former was trapped lbw by Chhetry in the second over, while the latter was caught and bowled by the Nepal Women
skipper.
Chamari Atapattu (7) followed in the very next over, caught out by Nepal Women wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mamta-Thapa-c74088 off Khadka, and by this point, the Sri Lanka Women were at 16 for 3. However, the team received some respite with the innings of skipper and Player of
the Match Siriwardene, who top-scored for the team with 23, in addition to setting up a 19-run partnership with Sandamali Dolawatte (11).
After the latter was dismissed at the hands of Sarita Magar in the 12th over, Siriwardene kept the innings moving forward with a 26-run stand for the 5th wicket with wicketkeeper batter http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manodara-Acharige-Don-Dilani-Surangika-c74221 (15).Their combined efforts got
the team up to 61 by the 17th over, after which Karuna Bhandari finally succeeded in dislodging Siriwardene.
From there onwards, the batters registered mediocre performances – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chamani-Roshini-Seneviratna-c49528 (2) dismissed by Chhetry. By the end of 20 overs,
the Sri Lanka Women posted a final total of 78.
While the target was anything but daunting, the Nepal Women were undone by the assaults of Sri Lanka’s Siriwardene (4-0-8-2) and Dolawatte (4-1-8-2), in addition to their own shoddy running, which led to four dismissals via run out.
None of the Nepal Women managed to reach the double digit mark, and the highest score was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sita-Rana-Magar-c90507 Magar’s 9. Registering a string of unremarkable performances, the Nepal Women batters crumbled one by one, and by the end of 20 overs, found themselves at
58, with the Sri Lanka Women going on to claim a 20-run win.
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