West Indies Women v Sri Lanka Women – 3rd ODI – Live Score and Update
West Indies Women 168/7 (40/50 ov) v Sri Lanka Women 131 (38.4/40 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Women won by 45 runs (D/L method)
In the One Day International (ODI) series finale, hosts West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs with the help of Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method) at Windward Park, Lucas Street, Barbados.
With the series levelled one all, it was imperative for both sides to give their best in the finale in order to lift the cup.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 went for their strength and chose to filed first as they felt that they had the batswomen in their arsenal capable to chasing down any target on a given day.
Meanwhile, starting their innings, the Windies lost their first wicket early when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Juliana-Barbara-Nero-c69633 fell at a time when her side had amassed only 11 runs on the board. The batswoman found her way back to the pavilion after scoring an innings of four runs.
With the reliable opener back in the pavilion, the side came under pressure and it was important for the remaining batswomen to bat with a bit more confidence in order to pose a serious threat to the Lankan girls.
The partnership between opener Stafanie Taylor and number-three batter http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanel-Francine-Daley-c89696 was the epicentre of the innings as the girls hammered the bowlers all around the park, launching fireworks before letting the Sri Lankans settle in.
Finally with 85 runs on the board, the partnership was broken by Samuddika, who captured the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 as the batswoman was caught after playing a nifty knock of 44 runs.
With 113 runs on the board, 19-year-old Shemaine Campbelle became the third wicket to fall from her side as she was run out after scoring 11 runs.
This was the time when Sri Lanka made a comeback as they grabbed a couple more wickets; nonetheless, the innings of 63 runs played SF Daley was extremely important in helping her side amass a good total before play had to be stopped because of rain with
ten overs remaining.
With a revised tally of 177 runs to win in 40 overs, Sri Lanka had their work cut out for them and needed to give a resilient batting performance in order to avoid defeat.
However, the side suffered a massive batting collapse at the beginning of their innings as they lost three of their main batswomen with only 11 runs on the board.
Sri Lanka could never comeback from this early loss as they faltered on 131 runs in 38.4 overs, losing the series.
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