ICC Women's T20 World Cup Group A: Sri Lanka Women beat Bangladesh Women by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka Women beat Bangladesh Women by 7 wickets in their Group A ICC Women's T20 World Cup match today, at Six Gun Grill Newlands, Cape Town.   

Match Summary

Bangladesh Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 5th Match, Group A, ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Bangladesh Women 126/8 (20 ov)

Sri Lanka Women 129/3 (18.2 ov)

Result - Sri Lanka Women won by 7 wickets

Scorecard

 

Bangladesh collapsed with the bat after a promising start in their Women's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.

Bangladesh lost five wickets for 24 runs in the closing stages of their innings, finishing with 126 for eight.

After the early loss of Murshida Khatun, run out attempting a single off the first ball she faced, Bangladesh scored briskly to reach 48 for two at the end of the six-over powerplay and 72 for three at the halfway mark.

Shamima Sultana (20), Sobhana Mostary (29) and captain Nigar Sultana (28) all scored briskly but the innings crumbled after the Bangladesh skipper was caught at midwicket off spinner Oshadi Ranasinghe in the 16th over.

Ranasinghe was Sri Lanka's most successful bowler, taking three for 23.

In the run chase, Sri Lanka reached their target with 8 balls to spare, winning by 7 wickets.

The match was played on the same pitch on which Sri Lanka beat South Africa on Friday when they restricted the hosts to the same total, 126, although South Africa lost nine wickets in an unsuccessful chase.           

        

Stats

Bangladesh Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Murshida Khatun - 1.1 ov), 2-36 (Shamima Sultana - 4.4 ov), 3-71 (Sobhana Mostary - 9.5 ov), 4-95 (Nigar Sultana - 15.2 ov), 5-96 (Lata Mondal - 15.4 ov), 6-102 (Ritu Moni - 16.3 ov), 7-105 (Shorna Akter - 17.1 ov), 8-119 (Nahida Akter - 19.3 ov)

Sri Lanka Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Chamari Atapattu - 3.3 ov), 2-25 (Vishmi Rajapaksha - 5.1 ov), 3-25 (Anushka Sanjeewani - 5.2 ov)

 

Playing XIs

Bangladesh - Murshida Khatun, Shamima Sultana(wk), Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana Joty(c), Shorna Akter, Mst Ritu Moni, Lata Mondal, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam

Sri Lanka - Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Anushka Sanjeewani(wk), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Ama Kanchana, Sugandika Kumari, Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya

Match Details

Start Time: 17:00

Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat

Venue: Six Gun Grill Newlands, Cape Town

Officials: Anna Harris, Sue Redfern, Jacqueline Williams, Kim Cotton, G Lakshmi

 

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