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Sanjana Kavindi, Chamari Athapaththu star as all-round Sri Lanka canter to series win
Sri Lanka’s batters aced their second chase in a row, as 17-year-old debutant Sanjana Kavindi top-scored with 46 off 24 to help Sri Lanka race to a target of 176 against Pakistan. Chamari Athapaththu had lit the thrusters under the innings with 40 off 15 at the top of the order, but although she fell with 55 on the board, Sri Lanka’s improving middle order sent the team rocketing home with 2.2 overs to spare, and six wickets in hand.
The win means Sri Lanka have sealed the T20I series 2-0 with one match to play. They had already won the ODIs 2-1.
Pakistan enjoyed another strong start to the match, with Muneeba Ali hitting 45 off 30 and Shawaal Zulfiqar hitting the highest score in the match – 48 off 35 balls. Eyman Fatima provided a decent finish to the innings, hitting 30 not out off 19.
But their bowlers could not suppress a confident Sri Lanka batting order. Although Friday’s centurion Dulani fell cheaply, Athapaththu ensured Sri Lanka still raced at more than 11 an over in the powerplay. Sanjana, Vishmi Gunaratne, and Harshitha Samarawickrama then played brisk-but-substantial innings, Samarawickrama’s 37 not out off 22 especially instrumental in driving Sri Lanka forward, with momentum.
Sanjana’s first boundary was an outside edge through deep third, but she quickly grew in confidence, and had 14 off 10 to her name at the end of the powerplay. She hit successive sixes off the left-arm spin of Nashra Sandhu in the 10th over, launching the first over deep midwicket, and the second over long on. She was out soon after, but had made her mark on the international stage.
On the bowling front, another 17-year-old in Chamudi Prabodha, secured Sri Lanka’s best bowling figures. Her left-arm spin reaped 2 for 27, in just her second international. Offspinner Umm-e-Hani took two wickets for Pakistan.
Scores:
Sri Lanka Women 178 for 4 in 17.4 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 40, Sanjana Kavindi 46, Vishmi Gunerathne 31, Harshitha Samarawickrema 37*, Kavisha Dilhari 14*; Waheeda Akther 1-23, Umm-e-Hani 2-28, Ayesha Zafar 1-24) beat Pakistan Women 175 for 5 in 20 overs (Muneeba Ali 45, Shawaal Zulfiqar 48, Eman Naseer 21, Saira Jabeen 16, Eyman Fatima 30*; Sugandika Kumari 1-37, Chamari Athapaththu 1-32, Kavisha Dilhari 1-2, Chamudi Praboda 2-27) by six wickets
Chamudi Praboda sent back the Pakistan openers [Cricinfo]
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Sonal Dinusha was fighting a lone battle unbeaten on 85 as play came to a close on day three, Sri Lanka still 238 runs behind India’s 503 for 9 declared, with just two wickets in hand. At the crease alongside him was Lahiru Kumara, who had done well to hold his own during a 50-ball vigil for eight runs.
Dinusha’s fifty was his third such score in this series as he showcased the resolve that had been sorely lacking across Sri Lanka’s innings – he was one of only five batters to face at least than 50 deliveries in the innings, of which two of them were certified tailenders in Kumara and Keshara Nuwantha.
For India, it was Prasih Krishna and Manav Suthar that did a majority of the damage with both picking up three wickets apiece.
But what would be even more frustrating for the hosts, is that India’s bowlers had for the most part not really done enough to merit such a batting capitulation.
Kamil Mishara received a spicy bouncer from Krishna, one he could only fend through to Dhruv Jurel behind the stumps, while on the second evening both Lahiru Udara and Prabath Jayasuriya can claim bad light had impaired them.
But the rest of Sri Lanka’s batters fell almost exclusively against the run of play. Kamindu Mendis looked excellent until he swatted a pull straight to midwicket, Pasindu Sooriyabandara chopped on a non-threatening quicker one from Ravindra Jadeja, while Niroshan Dickwella tickled one down leg to Jurel for a three-ball duck.
Even Keshara, who had done so well to hang with Dinusha, lofted an ambitious inside out drive of Suthar to mid-off.
Scores:
Sri Lanka 265 for 8 in 83.4 overs (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 80, Sonal Dinusha 85*; Prasidh Krishna 3-47, Manav Suthar 3-83) trail India 503 for 9 dec by 238 runs
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