10/02Result

1st Match, Group 1 (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Cape Town, Feb 10 2023

Sri Lanka WomenSri Lanka WomenSL-W
129/4
South Africa WomenSouth Africa WomenSA-W
126/9 (20 ov)

SL Women won by 3 runs

Player of the Match

Chamari AthapaththuSri Lanka Women

Best performances - Batsmen

AMCJK Athapaththu

68(50) 12x4 - 0x6

Control %42%

Productive Shot
cover drive
26 runs
6x4 - 0x6

RMVD Gunaratne

35(34) 4x4 - 0x6

Control %67%

Productive Shot
paddle sweep
7 runs
1x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

I Ranaweera

R18

Eco4.50

RHB
OFFLEG



		3W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

OU Ranasinghe

R20

Eco5.00

RHB
OFFLEG


	1W

1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

Partnerships

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

AMCJK Athapaththu20 (20)

H Madavi8 (20)

AMCJK Athapaththu48 (29)

RMVD Gunaratne35 (34)

AMCJK Athapaththu0 (1)

MAA Sanjeewani0 (0)

MAA Sanjeewani4 (4)

NND Silva4 (5)

KADA Kanchana4 (5)

MAA Sanjeewani1 (2)

South Africa Women - Innings

T Brits12 (18)

L Wolvaardt10 (12)

M Kapp11 (12)

L Wolvaardt4 (4)

S Luus5 (6)

L Wolvaardt4 (7)

CL Tryon10 (10)

S Luus8 (6)

A Bosch0 (2)

S Luus0 (0)

S Luus13 (12)

N de Klerk7 (11)

S Luus2 (3)

S Jafta15 (9)

S Ismail4 (2)

S Jafta0 (0)

S Ismail3 (2)

A Khaka0 (1)

A Khaka1 (1)

N Mlaba5 (3)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

Pressure of expectations bogs South Africa down; freedom gives Sri Lanka wings to fly
"Everyone thinks Sri Lanka has average players and are an average side, so if we lose, that's no problem for us," Athapaththu says
Athapaththu, spinners help Sri Lanka pull off an upset in T20 World Cup opener
Only Sune Luus crosses 20 for South Africa as the hosts fail to chase down 130
Athapaththu: 'I have a big responsibility, but I love that pressure'
She has been carrying the team almost on her own but feels that with a lot of youngsters coming through, she can play freely now

Videos

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SA Women INNINGS		R	B
L Wolvaardt	caught	18	23
T Brits	caught	12	18
M Kapp	caught	11	12
S Luus	stumped	28	27
CL Tryon	caught	10	10
A Bosch	bowled	0	2
N de Klerk	caught	7	11
S Jafta	run out	15	9
S Ismail	run out	7	4
A Khaka	not out	1	2
N Mlaba	not out	5	3
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 10, nb 1)
TOTAL	126 (9 wkts; 20 ovs)

SL Women BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
WGAKK Kulasuriya	3.0	17	0	5.66	(1nb, 2w)
KADA Kanchana	2.0	16	0	8.00	(2w)
BMSM Kumari	4.0	28	2	7.00
OU Ranasinghe	4.0	20	2	5.00	(1w)
I Ranaweera	4.0	18	3	4.50	(2w)
WK Dilhari	3.0	26	0	8.66

SA Women 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	29	T Brits	L Wolvaardt
2nd	15	M Kapp	L Wolvaardt
3rd	9	S Luus	L Wolvaardt
4th	19	CL Tryon	S Luus
5th	0	A Bosch	S Luus
6th	23	S Luus	N de Klerk
7th	18	S Luus	S Jafta
8th	4	S Ismail	S Jafta
9th	3	S Ismail	A Khaka
10th	6	A Khaka	N Mlaba

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS-W	4	4	0	8	2.149
SA-W	4	2	2	4	0.738
NZ-W	4	2	2	4	0.138
SL-W	4	2	2	4	-1.46
BAN-W	4	0	4	0	-1.529
Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG-W	4	4	0	8	2.86
IND-W	4	3	1	6	0.253
WI-W	4	2	2	4	-0.601
PAK-W	4	1	3	2	-0.703
IRE-W	4	0	4	0	-1.814

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

South Africa Women - Innings

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