West Indies Ladies failed to beat the absence of normal captain and main all-rounder Hayley Matthews, as hosts Sri Lanka Ladies took an unbeatable 2-0 lead of their ICC Ladies’s Championship One-Day Worldwide collection with a five-wicket win on Tuesday.
It was unclear why Matthews didn’t play, and thriller spinner Kavisha Dilhari grabbed 4 for 20 from six overs, sending the Caribbean facet tumbling to 92 all out in 31 overs after they selected to bat within the second ODI on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
The guests made a few early inroads, however an excellent, run-a-ball 50 from opener Vishmi Gunaratne and 28 from Dilhari, and their 58-run, third-wicket stand led a profitable run chase for the Sri Lankans, who completed on 93 for 5 in 21.2 overs.
The end result marked the primary collection defeat for West Indies Ladies in opposition to the hosts in 16 years, following their six-wicket loss within the first ODI on Saturday on the similar venue. The third and remaining ODI of the collection is scheduled for Friday.
Upset with the final two matches
“The workforce is clearly disillusioned with the final two matches that we performed, however we had a workforce chat proper after [this match],” off-spinner Karishma Ramharack instructed CWI Media after play. “We mainly spoke about how essential every of us is to this set-up and for us to seek out methods inside ourselves to assist the workforce win. Everybody holds themselves accountable and is wanting ahead to placing up a greater combat within the remaining matches right here.”
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Considerably, the end result was an enormous setback for the Caribbean facet within the Ladies’s Championship and their try and qualify straight for the ICC Ladies’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2025 in India. The highest 5 groups within the Ladies’s Championship and hosts India mechanically qualify for the World Cup – and the guests have now slipped to eighth within the 10-team desk on 14 factors, whereas Sri Lanka have been catapulted to fifth on 18.
“I believe there might be plenty of self-introspection,” Ramharack stated. “We knew coming right here how essential these factors have been in the direction of World Cup qualification subsequent yr… So I consider it’s for us to place apart what has occurred and go into the following sport with a much bigger effort. Now we have what it takes to win video games, however now we have to maintain believing in ourselves, and we’ll get there.”
West Indies ended the primary Energy Play on the finish of the tenth over on 17 for 2 after Shabika Gajnabi was run out for a duck within the third over and stand-in captain Shemaine Campbelle was bowled for 9 within the ninth over.
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63 for six on the midway stage
The Caribbean facet have been 63 for six on the midway stage of the innings after 4 wickets – two to Dilhari, who can bowl both off-spin or leg-spin – together with opener Rashada Williams, whose 24 was the highest rating, and former captain and stand-out all-rounder Stafanie Taylor, tumbled.
Aaliyah Alleyne and Afy Fletcher performed freely and scored 16 every, placing on 28 for the seventh wicket to stem the autumn of wickets, however there was little substance or stability from the remainder of the batting and the innings subsided.
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu ended with two for eight from two overs along with her off-spin, and pacer Achini Kulasuriya completed with two for 16 from seven overs to help with the demolition of the batting of the guests.
The West Indies Ladies will look to salvage some pleasure within the remaining ODI, hoping to keep away from a collection whitewash and regain some kind forward of future fixtures.
