Lankan women cricketers record second victory
Chinthana WASALA in Dambulla
Sri Lanka made an early finish to their third appearance of the
Women’s Asia Cup Cricket with a convincing eight wicket victory over
Bangladesh at Dambulla yesterday.
Bangladeshis were bowled out for 94 runs and the Sri Lanka women got
passed their opponents total in the 20th over. Bangladesh women’s
captain Salma Khatun won the toss and elected to bat and failed to
achieve what she expected from their batswomen. Only three players were
able to go past the two digit score.
They are opener Shathira Jakir, Ayesha Akhter and tail ender Tithy
Sarkar. Jakir was the top scorer for the visitors with 25 runs while
Akhter and Sarkar scored 24 and 17 respectively.
Seweni de Alwis, the leading wicket taker for Sri Lankan women team
so far in the tournament did most of the damage to the Bangladeshi
batting line-up as she took three for 13 including four maiden overs.
Shiromala Weerakkody and Chamari Polgampola shared two wickets each
while Chamani Seneviratne and skipper Shashikala Siriwardena bagged one
wicket each to wrap up the Bangladeshi innings for the low total of 94.
Sri Lanka lost their best bat Dedunu Silva in the third over at 16
for just two runs. Then the Sri Lankan skipper Shashikala Siriwardena
too departed after making only 10 to her name, falling at 36.
There onwards Chamari Polgampola and Sewini de Alwis went through to
make a quick finish to the game getting involved in an unbeaten
partnership of 59 runs maintaining a run rate of almost five.
Plogampola, made 32 in 62 balls including six boundaries while Sewini
who joined at the fall of second wicket, contributed 26 runs with five
boundaries.
Bangladeshis failed in both batting and bowling and they conceded Sri
Lanka a handsome 25 runs as extras consisted of 19 wides. Sri Lanka
occupies the second slot in the points table with 10 points while India
is on top.
BANGLADESH innings
Shathira Jakir lbw b Kumarihami 25
Shukhtara b Weerakkody 01
Panna Ghosh b Weerakkody 04
Ayesha Akhter c Siriwardene b de Alwis 24
Salma Khatun c Weerakkody b Siriwardene 01
Chamely Khatun run out 06
Rumana Ahmed b de Alwis 04
Irin Sultana c & b de Alwis 00
Shamima Akhter c de Alwis b Seneviratna 00
Jahanara Alam not out 05
Tithy Sarkar c Surangika b Kumarihami 17
EXTRAS (lb 1, w 6) 07
TOTAL (all out; 46 overs) 94
FALL OF WICKETS:
1-16, 2-29, 3-37, 4-38, 5-53, 6-67, 7-67, 8-68, 9-68, 10-94
BOWLING: Chamani Seneviratna 1/15, Shiromala Weerakkody 2/17,
Chamari Polgampola 2/16, Shashikala Siriwardene 1/18,
Sewini de Alwis 3/13.
SRI LANKA innings
Dedunu Silva c Irin Sultana b Panna Ghosh 02
Chamari Polgampola not out 32
Shashikala Siriwardene c Shukhtara b Salma Khatun 10
Sewini de Alwis not out 26
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 19) 25
TOTAL (2 wickets; 19.3 overs) 95
DID NOT BAT:
Dilani Maodara, Eshani Kaushalya, Chamani Seneviratna,
Shiromala Weerakkody, Inoka Galagedara, Sandamali Dolawatte,
Deepika Rasangika.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-16, 2-36
BOWLING: Panna Ghosh 1/21, Salma Khatun 1/23 |
