117/3 (17.0)
CR : 6.88
116/10 (19.0)
CR : 6.11
Sri Lanka Women won by 7 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Chamari Athapaththu
3/2144(28)
1:13 AM IST, 20:42 Local Time: History for Sri Lanka as they beat England Women in a WT20I series for the first time. They were lagging behind after the first game and then pulled off a heist by winning matches on trot. The series falls 2-1 in favor of Sri Lanka Women.
The players group themselves in a huddle, smiles all around the Asian side, and Chamrai Athapaththu, oh, the leader! How good has she been? Led the team from the front. Be it with the bat or be it with the ball. Moments to cherish forever for Sri Lanka Women. England may be without Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell, etc. But you cannot take away this phenomenal performance from Sri Lanka Women. To travel away from home, a condition very much different from the backyard, the no. 8 ranked side eclipses the no. 2 ranked WT20I side.
In pursuit of the chase of a tricky total, skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Anushka Sanjeewani gave a flying start to the visitors. The skipper took on anybody and everybody, making full use of the powerplay. She was well supported by the wicketkeeper batter who scored 20 runs off 16 balls.
After notching up 58 runs inside the powerplay, Athapaththu (44 off 28) was outwitted by the introduction of Alice Capsey. Her partner followed her in quick time as Sarah Glenn got the better. With one more wicket gone, it was Harshitha Madhavi who anchored the innings and played sensibly along with Hansini Perera. It was just a matter of time before the pair kept ticking the scoreboard with singles and doubles and crossed the finishing line.
The players group themselves in a huddle, smiles all around the Asian side, and Chamrai Athapaththu, oh, the leader! How good has she been? Led the team from the front. Be it with the bat or be it with the ball. Moments to cherish forever for Sri Lanka Women. England may be without Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell, etc. But you cannot take away this phenomenal performance from Sri Lanka Women. To travel away from home, a condition very much different from the backyard, the no. 8 ranked side eclipses the no. 2 ranked WT20I side.
In pursuit of the chase of a tricky total, skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Anushka Sanjeewani gave a flying start to the visitors. The skipper took on anybody and everybody, making full use of the powerplay. She was well supported by the wicketkeeper batter who scored 20 runs off 16 balls.
After notching up 58 runs inside the powerplay, Athapaththu (44 off 28) was outwitted by the introduction of Alice Capsey. Her partner followed her in quick time as Sarah Glenn got the better. With one more wicket gone, it was Harshitha Madhavi who anchored the innings and played sensibly along with Hansini Perera. It was just a matter of time before the pair kept ticking the scoreboard with singles and doubles and crossed the finishing line.
Earlier, England were cleaned up for 116 and the decider kicked off with the wicket of Danny Wyatt. Alice Capsey followed her in quick time and it was Heather Knight and Maia Bouchier who tried to revive the innings. They failed to get along for long but stitched 30 runs for the third wicket. Three wickets were lost inside the powerplay and wickets fell like nine pins for England. Due to the late contributions from Amy Jones (20), Danielle Gibson (21), and Sarah Glenn (16), England got something to fight for and ended at 116 with an over to spare.
The skipper, Chamari Athapaththu was the pick of the bowlers with a three-fer, followed by a couple of wickets from Kavisha Dilhari and Udeshika Prabodhani.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation and player's comments.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation and player's comments.
Time for the post match presentation ceremony..
Alice Capsey: "It was amazing and really proud to have won this award, had the support of my coaching staff. Carrying responsibility for the team and the kind of backing Heather and others have for me makes me more confident. I'm working on becoming a permanent all-rounder for the team, and hopefully I can do that. It's about contributing to the team whenever the opportunity comes."
Heather Knight (England Captain): I think credit to Sri Lanka, they played brilliant in the last few games. Thats the case, we learnt from them. But we played with a younger side but thats no excuse. Yeah, we have not played to our best and have been punished by Sri Lanka.
Obviously, batters did not get starts and did not have the mentality to go on. You want players to go on and score big runs. We have to play better against spin. Sri Lankan spinners bowled well and had the better of us.
Obviously, batters did not get starts and did not have the mentality to go on. You want players to go on and score big runs. We have to play better against spin. Sri Lankan spinners bowled well and had the better of us.
Heather Knight (England Captain): "I think credit to Sri Lanka, they played brilliantly in the last few games. That's the case, we learned from them. But we played with a younger side but thats no excuse. Yeah, we have not played to our best and have been punished by Sri Lanka.
Obviously, batters did not get starts and did not have the mentality to go on. You want players to go on and score big runs. We have to play better against spin. Sri Lankan spinners bowled well and had the better of us.
Yeah, obviously, the senior players will be back- Tammy [Beaumont] and Nat [Siver-Brunt]. It gets a little frustrating."
Obviously, batters did not get starts and did not have the mentality to go on. You want players to go on and score big runs. We have to play better against spin. Sri Lankan spinners bowled well and had the better of us.
Yeah, obviously, the senior players will be back- Tammy [Beaumont] and Nat [Siver-Brunt]. It gets a little frustrating."
Player of the Match and Player of the Series: Chamari Athapaththu
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka Captain): "I'm really happy with mine and the team's performances. We finally won and we hope we can continue this into the ODI series. Our bowling did a really good job this tournament and they have been good the past couple of months.
We have a good head coach and a good support staff, we execute our plans very well and we always talk positive in the dressing room.
Sri Lanka Cricket has done a lot for the girls, they increased our pay and gave us contracts to about 60 players. I think we'll be a really good team in the future."
We have a good head coach and a good support staff, we execute our plans very well and we always talk positive in the dressing room.
Sri Lanka Cricket has done a lot for the girls, they increased our pay and gave us contracts to about 60 players. I think we'll be a really good team in the future."
1:28 AM IST, 20:58 Local Time: Time for the Sri Lankan Captain, Chamari Athapaththu to trod towards the girls behind the Winners banner. It's time for the fireworks as Sri Lanka wins the series 2-1.
A historic series for Sri Lanka Women as they beat England Women at their home for the first time in Women’s T20I. They sealed the series 2-1 after lagging behind earlier. That is it from the coverage.
It's time to sign off from the coverage. This is Arijit Kundu with the finishing assignment and was joined by co-commentator, Anirudh Modi and scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. Goodbye and cheers.
It's time to sign off from the coverage. This is Arijit Kundu with the finishing assignment and was joined by co-commentator, Anirudh Modi and scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. Goodbye and cheers.