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Sri Lanka won the first match in the Women’s ODI tri -series. The team reached the second number in the points table.
In the third ODI of the Women’s Tri -series, Home Team Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 5 wickets. This is South Africa’s second consecutive defeat, defeating the team by India in the first match. At the same time, Sri Lanka won after losing the first match to India.
Sri Lanka selected fielding on Friday at the R Premdasa Stadium in Colombo. South Africa scored 235 runs losing 9 wickets. Sri Lanka achieved target at the loss of 5 wickets in 46.3 overs.
South Africa starts bad
South Africa started to bat first after losing the toss. Captain Laura Volwart 10, Tajmin U. 14 and wicketkeeper Karaba Messo 9 were dismissed. Lara Gudal took over the team by scoring 46, Luce Luce 31 and Cloe Trayon 35 runs.
Annery Derekson put a fifty to bring South Africa beyond 200.
Annery Derkson played a not out of 61 runs and took the team to a score of 235 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Ninn de Clerk scored 17 runs. Malki Madara from Sri Lanka took 4 and Devami Vihanga took 3 wickets. Sugandhika Kumari and Inoca Ranvira got 1–1 wickets.
Malki Madara took 4 wickets.
Harshita and Kawisha won by applying fifty
Sri Lanka lost the wicket of captain Chamari Atapattu in the third over. Chamari could score only 6 runs. Hasini Perera again scored 42 runs and added 69 runs with Vishmi Gunaratne. Venmi was dismissed for 29 runs.
Harshita Samaravikrama again put fifty and did a century partnership with Kawisha Dilhari. Both took the team to 218 runs. Harshita was dismissed for 71 and Kavisha 61 runs. Nilakshi Silva finally scored 11 runs and won the team in the 47th over.
Kavisha Dilhari scored 61 runs.
Malaba 2 wickets
Nonkulullako Malaba took 2 wickets from South Africa. Masabata Class, Nadin D Clerk and Sunne Luce took 1-1 wickets. The next match of the Tri -series will be played between Sri Lanka and India on 4 May. India is at the top of the points table by winning 2 matches. Sri Lanka is second and South Africa at number three.
World Cup final will be held in Lord’s
In the second news of Women’s Cricket, the ICC confirmed that the 2026 T20 World Cup final would be played at The Lord’s Stadium in London. The tournament will start from June 12. In England, 33 matches will be played between 12 teams within 24 days. 12 teams will be divided into a group of 6-6. The top-4 teams will have 2 semi-finals after 30 matches of the group stage. The final will be played on 5 July.
The 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup was won by New Zealand. Amilia Kerr was elected Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament.
Apart from Lord’s, World Cup matches will also be played at Old Trafford, Handingley, Edgebaston, Hampshire Bowl, The Oval and Bristol County Ground. The final of the ICC event will be played at Lord’s for the third consecutive time in England. Earlier, the 2017 Women’s World Cup and the 2019 Men’s ODI World Cup were also held at Lord’s Stadium.
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