Sri Lanka Women v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Women - West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka - 1st T20I – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Women 87/7 (20/20 ov) v West Indies Women 90/8 (20.0/20 ov) - West Indies Women won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
On Friday, West Indies women won the first T20I match against Sri Lanka by two wickets while chasing 88 runs at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
The hosts after choosing to bat first suffered a terrible start, losing their first wicket with only three run on the board as opener PM Weerakkody lost her wicket without scoring a run.
With 14 runs on the board, the batting side lost their second wicket on the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dawid-Malan-c1344 Jayangani, who fell after she had scored eight runs off 11 deliveries.
Then with 21 on the board, the Lankans lost the services of HMD Rasangika, who found her way back to the pavilion after scoring only seven runs off 14 deliveries.
Skipper HASD Siriwardene was then the next to go with seven runs to her name. At the time of her dismissal, the Sri Lankans had reached 36 runs.
Then with 39 on the board, the batting side lost another wicket as OU Ranasinghe also perished with seven runs to her name. By this time, Sri Lanka were in deep trouble and were heading towards an imminent disaster.
LE Kaushalya (25) and MADD Surangika (17) were the only two batswomen who tasted some success while the rest of the batting line-up were just too meagre to face the West Indian bowling onslaught.
From the Windies, SC Selman was the best bowler with two wickets to her name in four overs.
Requiring a small total to chase after, West Indies had a devastating start as they lost their first batswoman with only six runs on the board.
They then lost their second wicket with only 15 runs on the scoreboard as opener Kycia A Knight perished with only eight runs to her name.
The Sri Lankans were bowling exceptionally well at the time, making it extremely difficult for the tourist to score.
Nonetheless, SR Taylor’s 25 and skipper MR Aguilleira’s unbeaten 34 took the Windies across the finish line in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
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