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Athapaththu slams 80-ball 140 as Sri Lanka ease past New Zealand and seal ODI series

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2023/07/3

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[file pic] Chamari Athapaththu smashed a 60-ball hundred

Chamari Athapaththu’s eighth ODI hundred – an unbeaten 80-ball 140 – helped Sri Lanka ease to an eight-wicket victory via the DLS method, against New Zealand in Galle. The result meant Sri Lanka sealed the ODI series 2-1.

Chasing a revised target of 196 in 29 overs, Sri Lanka seemed to be in a spot of bother at 6 for 2, with both Vishmi Gunaratne and Harshitha Samarawickrama falling early. However, Athapaththu, who had scored a century at the same venue against the same opponents last week, launched a counterattack, racing to the three-figure mark off just 60 deliveries. In total, she hit 13 fours and nine sixes, and in the process moved up to joint – fourth on the list of most ODI hundreds in women’s cricket.

While Athapaththu was the aggressor, Nilakshi de Silva also pitched in with an unbeaten 48, as the pair added 190 runs for the third wicket – Sri Lanka’s highes ever partnership in Women’s ODIs – to seal the win with eight wickets and 13 balls to spare.

Earlier, New Zealand had made 127 for 2 in 31 overs on the back of Suzie Bates’ half-century. Opting to bat, New Zealand lost their opener Bernadine Bezuidenhout early, but Bates (63*) and Sophie Devine (38*) kept their team ticking. The pair added an unbroken 74 for the third wicket before persistent rain brought an abrupt end to New Zealand’s innings.

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka 196 for 2 (Chamari Athapaththu 140*, Nilakshi de Silva 48*; Lea Tahuhu 1-29, Sophie Devine 1-32) beat New Zealand 127 for 2 (Suzie Bates 63*, Sophie Devine 38*; Oshadie Ranasinghe 1-22) by eight wickets (DLS method)

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• To implement this scheme for fixed deposits opened within the period from 01.07.2025 to 31.12.2025 by Sri Lankan citizens of age 60 years or more.

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