West Indies Women vs Sri Lanka Women – 1st T20 – Windies triumph by 23 runs
Following their 2-1 ODI series win, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Women, winning the tie by 23 runs, played at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on May 1st 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanel-Francine-Daley-c89696 again raised her game, notching up a quick fire 48 to help her side post 127 on the board. In reply, the visitors kept on losing wickets, and their sluggishly paced innings put added pressure on the lower order, which faltered against the Windies’ bowlers, and ended up well short of the target - 104.
The hosts opted to bat first and their start was solid, if not intimidating, with skipper Stafanie Taylor and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Deandra-Jalisa-Shakira-Dottin-c53408, helped the team to cross the 50-run barrier.
Following the opener’s dismissal off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chamani-Roshini-Seneviratna-c49528, Daley then took guard and provided the innings with the much needed impetus. Her stand with Dottin proved to be the most fruitful of the innings, which yielded 40 in four overs.
Despite wickets falling in the death overs, Daley continued with her rich vein of form and ensured that her side reached a challenging total. She finally fell on the penultimate ball of the innings, making 48, which included 4 fours and a six.
The Lankan run-chase had a somewhat similar tone, but they lacked someone of Daley’s stature, who could provide the team with a telling finish. The only notable scores came from Prasadani Weerakkody (29) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettimulla-Appuhamilage-Shashikala-Dedunu-Siriwardene-c63126 (33*).
The former had provided the team with a decent enough beginning before falling in the 12th overs, while the latter remained not out till the end, but her failure to rotate the strike and get support from the lower-order, none of whom reached double figures, meant that the Lankans were always behind the asking rate – succumbing on 104 for 8 in 20.
The 2nd game of the 5- match T20 series will be played at the same venue on May 2, 2012.
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