Sri Lanka Women beat New Zealand Women by 10 wickets, Lose the 03 match series 1 – 2
New Zealand Women’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – 03rd & Last T20 International – P Sara Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand Women put into bat, 140 / 9 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Sophie Devine 46, Suzannah Bates 37, Amelia Kerr 14, Isabella Gaze 13, Madeline Green 10, Extras 11 – Suzannah Bates / Isabella Gaze 43 run opening stand, Suzannah Bates / Amelia Kerr 22 runs for the 02nd wicket, Sophie Devine / Madeline Green 31 runs for the 04th wicket, Sophie Devine / Georgia Plimmer 23 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 61 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 11 runs – first 06 overs : 43 / 0, 10 overs : 65 / 1, last 05 overs : 36 / 5 – Inoka Ranaweera 3 / 15, Sugandika Kumari 2 / 23, Kavisha Dilhari 02 catches.
Sri Lanka Women in reply, 143 / 0 – ( 14.3 Overs ) Skipper Chamari Athapaththu 80 no ( 2×6, 13×4, 47 balls ), Harshitha Samarawickrama 49no (7×4, 40 balls), Extras 14.
Player of the Match : Chamari Athapaththu – Sri Lanka WMN
Player of the Series : Suzannah Bates – New Zealand WMN
This was the highest team total for Sri Lanka Women in a T20 International. This was also the highest partnership for any wicket against all opponents in this format. Harshitha Samarawickrama involved in all 03 century partnerships in this format. It is the highest margin of victory for the Sri Lanka Women in T20 International matches. It is also the first T20 International win against the NZL White Ferns in 11 games.
Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Photos courtesy SLC Media