Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket team ended their campaign at Commonwealth Games winless as they suffered a massive defeat in the hands of South Africa Women’s team in the 11th game of the competition which worked off today (04th August) at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
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Having won the toss, South African skipper Sune Luus invited Sri Lanka to bat first. The islanders got off to a very poor start as they lost the first 6 wickets for just 27 runs inside the first 10 overs. The skipper Athapaththu was the only batter to cross double-digit score (15) as all the other 5 batters fell for single-digit scores.
The tail-enders of the Sri Lankan batting unit also didn’t make any significant contributions with the bat as they were bowled for just 46 runs in 17.1 overs. It was Sri Lanka’s lowest score in the history of Women T20Is.
South Africa showed a disciplined & collective bowling effort led by Nadine de Klerk (3/07) and Masabata Klaas (2/07). It was a walk-in-the-park victory for the rainbow nation as they cruised to the victory in 6.1 overs with 10 wickets in hand.
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With this defeat, Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket team ended their campaign at the Commonwealth Games losing all 3 matches they played in the competition.
- 1st Match vs England – Lost by 5 wickets
- 2nd Match vs New Zealand – Lost by 45 runs
- 3rd Match vs South Africa – Lost by 10 wickets
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka Women – 46 (17.1) Chamari Athapaththu 15, Nalin de Klerk 3/07, Masabata Klaas 2/07
South Africa Women – 49/0 (6.1) Tazmin Brits 21*, Anneke Bosch 20*
Result – South Africa Women won by 10 wickets
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasini Perera | c Sinalo Jafta b Shabnim Ismail | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | c & b Masabata Klaas | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 51.72 |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama | c Sinalo Jafta b Masabata Klaas | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Anushka Sanjeewani | c Mignon du Preez b Nadine de Klerk | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Nilakshi de Silva | c & b Nadine de Klerk | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kavisha Dilhari | b Nadine de Klerk | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Ama Kanchana | run out (Laura Wolvaardt) | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Malsha Shehani | c Laura Wolvaardt b Nonkululeko Mlaba | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | run out (Sinalo Jafta) | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Sugandika Kumari | c & b Chloe Tryon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 5 (b 2 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 46/10 (17.1 Overs, RR: 2.68) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shabnim Ismail | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Masabata Klaas | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.33 | |
| Nadine de Klerk | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | |
| Anneke Bosch | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| Nonkululeko Mlaba | 3.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.29 | |
| Chloe Tryon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anneke Bosch | not out | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Tazmin Brits | not out | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 8 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 8, pen 0) |
| Total | 49/0 (6.1 Overs, RR: 7.95) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugandika Kumari | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Ama Kanchana | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| Malsha Shehani | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40.00 | |
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