- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 chipped to short midwicket. Harshitha's struggling knock comes to an end. It was on the fuller side of good length and Harshitha looked to hit it on the up, over mid-on but she failed to middle it and Brits moved to her right swiftly and pouched it with both hands 28/117.2 two in two! Athapaththu finds long leg Good, low catch while diving forward by de Klerk, who had to keep her eyes on the ball all along. Kapp bowled short, and got good bounce while angling it into the left-hander. But the bounce got the better of Athapaththu, as she pulled but got a top edge, leaving two new batters at the crease 114/317.1 direct hit at the bowler's end! Gunaratne could be in trouble. In fact, she is well short of the crease as the stumps light up after the throw. Great work by Brits rushing towards the ball tucked towards short cover, as Gunaratne poked at this dipping full toss around off, with Kapp bowling a slower ball. Brits seemed to be standing quite close to the batter too, and launched into the throw right away 114/218.5 fires it straight, and hits the stumps! This was on a length on middle and off, as de Silva made room to try and slash it hard over the off side. But she was beaten after perhaps playing a bit early, and the ball took the top edge and went on to hit the timber 123/4Extras5 (b 2, w 3)TOTAL129/4 (20 Overs, RR: 6.45)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Harshitha Samarawickrama, 6.4 ov), 2-114 (Vishmi Gunaratne, 17.1 ov), 3-114 (Chamari Athapaththu, 17.2 ov), 4-123 (Nilakshika Silva, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Ismail 4 1 22 1 5.50 14 3 0 1 0 M Kapp 4 0 15 1 3.75 13 1 0 0 0 A Khaka 4 0 21 0 5.25 12 2 0 1 0 N Mlaba 4 0 31 0 7.75 8 3 0 1 0 N de Klerk 4 0 38 1 9.50 10 8 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.4 a top edge and the slip comes around to take it behind the keeper. Was tossed up on a length in the line of the stumps. Wolvaardt went for the sweep but got a top edge onto her shoulder that lobbed up 53/34.5 a string of dot balls means pressure and Brits succumbs to it. Looks to go aerial over covers but ends up hitting this full ball to extra cover 29/17.3 Kapp holes out. Clears her front leg but fails to clear mid-on. A simple catch. Was a length ball and Kapp decided to go after it but failed to middle it. A big, big wicket for Sri Lanka 44/218.3 gone, stumped! Ranaweera slowed it down, and foxed Luus there. She backed away, and skipped down the pitch, as the bowler tossed the ball up while bowling very slowly. It pitched on a full length around off, and turned away, with Luus way down the pitch. Easy stumping for the keeper 113/712.2 taken by long-on, placed a good few steps into the boundary! South Africa losing their way in the chase. Tryon hinted to step down the wicket, as Kumari bowled fuller and slightly wide of off. The batter went after swinging across the line, only to find the fielder positioned well in 72/412.4 chopped on, Kumari gets another one! Half the side gone, as Sri Lank get a real sniff now. This was again a bit short, and going on with the angle from around the wicket. The ball seemed to skid on too, as Bosch went to slash but got a bottom edge on to off stump 72/516.3 this time taken at long-on! The ball was short and outside off, yet not short enough for that hard swipe. de Klerk took a few steps down the pitch, and got that pull off the higher side of the bat. Long-on was well inside the boundary to complete a comfortable catch 95/618.5 run-out at the keeper's end! This time short third made up for the fault in the previous ball. Fullish ball outside off, as Ismail tried to swipe but the ball popped up off her pad to short third. The one-handed pick up and throw went high to the keeper, who whipped the bails off to find Jafta short 117/819.2 another run-out at the keeper's end! This is ending in a hurry now. Again Ismail tried to step out of the crease, clipping the good length ball around middle and leg towards midwicket. Kumari gave the chase herself to her left, and threw bang close to the stumps for another wicket to tumble 120/9Extras12 (lb 1, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL126/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.3)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Tazmin Brits, 4.5 ov), 2-44 (Marizanne Kapp, 7.3 ov), 3-53 (Laura Wolvaardt, 9.4 ov), 4-72 (Chloe Tryon, 12.2 ov), 5-72 (Anneke Bosch, 12.4 ov), 6-95 (Nadine de Klerk, 16.3 ov), 7-113 (Sune Luus, 18.3 ov), 8-117 (Sinalo Jafta, 18.5 ov), 9-120 (Shabnim Ismail, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WGAKK Kulasuriya 3 0 17 0 5.66 12 2 0 2 1 KADA Kanchana 2 0 16 0 8.00 3 1 0 2 0 BMSM Kumari 4 0 28 2 7.00 9 3 0 0 0 OU Ranasinghe 4 0 20 2 5.00 11 0 1 1 0 I Ranaweera 4 0 18 3 4.50 14 1 0 2 0 WK Dilhari 3 0 26 0 8.66 3 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa Women , elected to field first
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Match number
Season
Match days
10 February 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka Women 2, South Africa Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 0 wicket)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka Women - 45/1 in 10.0 overs (AMCJK Athapaththu 32, RMVD Gunaratne 5)
- Sri Lanka Women: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (AMCJK Athapaththu 26, RMVD Gunaratne 24, Ex 1)
- AMCJK Athapaththu: 50 off 42 balls (8 x 4)
- Sri Lanka Women: 100 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 2
- South Africa Women were penalised with over rate penalty, only 3 fielders in the boundary line in the final over
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka Women - 129/4 in 20.0 overs (MAA Sanjeewani 5, KADA Kanchana 4)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 53/3 in 9.4 overs (S Luus 5)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (105 balls), Extras 11
- Sri Lanka Women were penalised with over rate penalty, only 3 fielders in the boundary line in the final over
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