Sri Lanka start Women’s Under 19 T20 World Cup campaign with massive win

Hosts Malaysia were shot out for just 23 in their maiden Under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup appearance by Sri Lanka, who completed a 139-run win in the first of the two games on Sunday, in Kuala Lumpur.

Put in to bat, Sri Lanka rode on quick knocks from opener Sanjana Kavindi (30 off 13) and No. 3 Dahami Sanethma (55 off 52) to score 52 in the powerplay before Sanethma led the innings even as wickets fell at the other end, including two in the 17th over. Cameos from Hiruni Hansika (28 off 21) and Shashini Gimhani (13 off 7) powered them to 162.

In reply, Malaysia lasted 14.1 overs as left-arm spinner Chamodi Prabodha struck twice in the second over to reduce the hosts to 2 for 3. Manudi Nanayakkara and Limansa Thilakarathna took two wickets each as no Malaysia batter reached double-figures and six were dismissed for ducks. Praboda finished with figures of 4-2-5-3.

Brief scores:
Sri Lanka Women Under 19 162/6 in 20 overs [Sanjana Kavindi 30, Dahami Sanethma 55, Manudi Nanayakkara 14, Hiruni Hansika 28, Sashini Gimhani 13*; Suabika Manivannan 1-33, Nur Danika Syuhada 1-36, Marisa Qistina Binti Abdulla 1-31, Siti Nazwah2-31, Nur Isma Dania Binti Mohd Daniel 1-23] beat Malaysia Women Under 19 23 in 14.1 overs [ Nur Alia Binti Mohd Hairun 07; Rashmika Sewwandi 1-02, Chamodi Prabodha 3-05,  Manudi Nnayakkara 2-08, Limansa Thlakerathne 2-03] by 139 runs