Sri Lanka Women v New Zealand Women – ICC Women's World Twenty20 (10th Match - Group B) – Match Update
The New Zealand Women qualified for the semi-finals stage of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20, 2012, after claiming an 8-wicket win over the Sri Lanka Women in their final Group B match, played at the Galle International Stadium on September 30.
The Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat first, but a collective bowling effort by New Zealand’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sian-Elizabeth-Ansley-Ruck-c90176 (4-0-23-2) did not allow the batters to settle in at the crease, restricting them,
all out, to 89 by the 18th over.
Struggling against the force of the New Zealand Women’s bowling attack, only four of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjeewani-Inoka-Galagedara-c88668 and
skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettimulla-Appuhamilage-Shashikala-Dedunu-Siriwardene-c63126 both top-scored with 14 runs each.
The remainder of the batting order remained lacklustre, chipping in with meagre scores which did little for the team total. Eshani Kaushalya’s 6 was the highest single-digit score, while opener Yasoda Mendis was dismissed on 2 by Ruck in the third over,
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Herath-Mudiyanselage-Deepika-Rasangika-c62870 was dismissed on duck.
Suffering a complete batting order collapse, by the 18th over, the Sri Lanka Women were all out on 89. In addition to the low total, their bowling attack was ineffective when it came to tackling their opponents, and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Women reached
90 by the 16th over, with only 2 wickets down.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suzannah-Wilson-Bates-c92079 (16), joined Satterthwaite for a 17-run stand, which came to an end with the dismissal of Bates, who was caught and bowled
by Seneviratna.
The next batter to step up to the crease was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sophie-Frances-Monique-Devine-c90726 (23), who set up a 41-run stand with Satterthwaite – however, she too, was sent back to the pavilion, run out in the 9th over. From there onwards, however, the New Zealand Women lost no
more wickets, and an unbeaten 32-run partnership between Satterthwaite and Francis MacKay (13*) got the team easily over the finish line, with 8 wickets and 26 deliveries to spare.
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