Hayley Matthews of West Indies performs a shot throughout the first One-Day Worldwide cricket match towards Pakistan on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy, Shemaine Campbelle, starred with the bat as West Indies ladies restored some satisfaction from the tour of Sri Lanka with a six-wicket victory within the remaining T20I on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Requested to chase 142 to win the three-match sequence, with 49 from Matthews and an unbeaten 41 from Campbelle, the Caribbean facet received over the road with a ball to spare.
Requiring six runs from the final over, Campbelle and Chinelle Henry (4 not out) mixed to make 5 runs from the primary three deliveries to degree the scores, earlier than Henry pinched a single off the fifth to hold them over the successful line.
Campbelle struck three fours and two sixes in a 30-ball knock to earn the Participant-of-the-Match award.
Earlier, Sri Lanka ladies posted 141 for 7 from their allotted 20 overs after being despatched in to bat, captain Chamari Athapaththu top-scoring with 38, Harshitha Samarawickrama supporting with 28 and Kavisha Dilhari getting 26.
After the lack of opener Vishmi Gunaratne (two) to the second ball of the innings, Athapaththu and Samarawickrama steadied the innings in a 55-run, second wicket partnership. Athapaththu struck three fours and as many sixes in a run-a-ball knock whereas Samarawickrama confronted 26 balls and counted 4 fours.
Spinner Afy Fletcher (2-25) eliminated Samarawickrama to a return catch within the tenth over, and Athapaththu added an additional 34 for the third wicket with Dilhari, who smacked 4 boundaries in 26 balls.
However each perished and have been consists of in a three-wickets tumble for less than 11 runs. Ama Kanchana (19 not out) then impressed a 31-run, sixth wicket stand with Nilakshika Silva (12) to rally the innings late on.
