New Zealand Women beat Sri Lanka Women by 05 wickets, Lead the 03 match series 1 – 0

New Zealand Women’s Inaugural Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 01st T20 International – P Sara Stadium, Colombo

Sri Lanka Women put into bat, 106 / 9 – ( 20 Overs ) Vishmi Gunaratne 26, Anushka Sanjeewani 18, Oshadi Ranasinghe 18, Harshitha Samarawickrama 12, Nilakshi De Silva 12, Kavisha Dilhari 10 – Vishmi Gunaratne / Harshitha Samarawickrama 37 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the first 06 wickets for the addition of 72 runs – Anushka Sanjeewani / Oshadi Ranasinghe 29 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 05 runs – first 06 overs : 31 / 1, 10 overs : 47 / 3, last 05 overs : 32 / 3 – Amelia Kerr 2 / 18 & 02 catches, Eden Carson 2 / 20, Leigh Kasperek 2 / 21.

New Zealand Women in reply, 107 / 5 – ( 18.5 Overs ) Suzannah Bates 44, Amelia Kerr 34, Georgia Plimmer 16no – Suzannah Bates / Amelia Kerr 58 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 12 runs – Suzannah Bates / Georgia Plimmer 26 runs for the 05th wicket – first 06 overs : 34 / 1, 10 overs : 60 / 1, last 3.5 overs : 34 / 1 – Inoshi Fernando 3 / 17.

Player of the Match : Suzannah Bates – NZL Women

Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Photos courtesy SLC Media