Sri Lanka demolish Korea & Brunei in Asian Youth Netball

Sri Lanka recorded two huge wins to open their Asian Youth Netball Championship 2023 campaign at the Jeonju Hwasan Gymnasium in South Korea.

Sri Lanka v South Korea

Sri Lanka took on hosts South Korea in their first match and recorded a massive 94-08 win. The 1^st Quarter saw Sri Lanka race to a 25-3 lead before adding another 24 points in the 2^nd quarter. At Half time, scores read 49-6.

The 3^rd Quarter score was 19-2 (68-8), and Sri Lanka did not allow any points against them in the 4^th Quarter, while scoring 26 themselves to end the game 94-8.

Captain Sajini Rathnayake scored 32 out of 36 attempts (89%), while Bhashi Udagedara added 30 from 35 shots (86%). The rest were scored by the Musaeus College duo Dilmi Wijenayake (17/21) and Minagee Kankanige (15/19).

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Sri Lanka v Brunei

In their 2^nd match of the tournament, Sri Lanka defeated Brunei 82-16. Sri Lanka led 19-6 at the end of the 1^st Quarter and were leading comfortably 41-9 (22-3) at half time. The 3^rd & 4^th Quarter scores read 20-3 & 21-4 respectively.

Once again it was Sajini who led the scoring with 33 points from 41 attempts (80%). Dilmi scored 30 from 36 with 83% shooting percentage, while Bhashi scored 16/17 at 94%. Minagee, who came late in the 4^th Quarter, scored 3 from 7 (43%).

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