Sri Lanka Women beat West Indies Women by 160 runs – the highest margin of victory by runs in WODIs – Sweep the series 3 – 0
West Indies Women’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – ICC Women’s Championship 2024 – 03rd Women’s One Day International – Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota, District – Southern Province
Sri Lanka Women put into bat, 275 / 6 – ( 50 Overs ) Skipper Chamari Athapaththu 91 ( 2×6, 10×4, 106 balls ), Nilakshika Silva 63 – career best – Anushka Sanjeewani 55 – career best – Vishmi Gunaratne 44, Extras 18 – Vishmi Gunaratne / Chamari Athapaththu 93 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 06 runs – Chamari Athapaththu / Nilakshika Silva 57 runs for the 04th wicket, Nilakshika Silva / Anushka Sanjeewani 117 runs for the 05th wicket – first 10 overs : 40 / 0, 25 overs : 106 / 3, last 10 overs : 95 / 2 –
Karishma Ramharack 2 / 46.
West Indies Women in reply, 115 all out – ( 34.5 Overs ) Chedean Nation 46, Aaliyah Alleyne 27, Stafanie Taylor 16, Qiana Joseph 11 – the first 02 wickets fell for the addition of 01 run – Chedean Nation / Stafanie Taylor 57 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 20 runs – Aaliyah Alleyne / Qiana Joseph 14 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – Sachini Nisansala 5 / 28 – career best, maiden wicket haul in WODIs – Anushka Sanjeewani 03 victims.
Player of the 01st Match : Harshitha Samarawickrama SL Women
Player of the 02nd Match : Kavisha Dilhari – SL Women
Player of the 03rd Match : Sachini Nisansala – SL Women
Player of the Series : Vishmi Gunaratne – Sri Lanka Women
The first WODI between SL Wmn & WI Wmn was played in Delhi, India in 1997 with SL Wmn winning by 06 wickets. SL Wmn won 07 games in a row. WI Wmn scored their first win in 2005 when they beat SL Wmn by in Benoni, South Africa by 08 wickets. So far, WI Wmn have won 18 whilst SL Wmn have won 17 in 35 WODIs played over 27 years.