Hayley Matthews of West Indies performs a shot through the first One-Day Worldwide cricket match in opposition to Pakistan on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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West Indies Girls crashed to a six-wicket defeat in opposition to Sri Lanka Girls on the opening One-Day Worldwide of the three-match sequence on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka.
After being despatched in to bat, the Caribbean facet managed to attain solely 195 all out within the forty eighth over and failing to stall the hosts’ run chase, and the Sri Lankan girls bought over the road initially of the thirty fifth over.
Harshitha Samarawickrama top-scored with 44 not out from 53 balls, after Sri Lanka misplaced a cluster of wickets. She added 73 for the fourth wicket with Hasini Perera who made 43 and an extra 24 in an unbroken fifth wicket partnership with Nilakshika Silva who was on eight not out.
Vishmi Gunaratne smack 40 from 51 balls which included 5 fours and opening accomplice and captain Chamari Athapaththu, 38 from 36 balls, the pair laying the muse for a profitable chase with a stand of 88.
Quick bowler Aaliyah Alleyne took 2 for 22 and leg-spinner Afy Fletcher with 2 for 31.
West Indies Girls cruised to 75 for one earlier than struggling a collapse, the trio of Hayley Matthews with 38, Stafanie Taylor with 33 and Shemaine Campbelle with 27 failed in carrying on.
Rashada Williams (6) was an early casualty within the third over with seven runs when Matthews and Campbelle posted a 68 runs partnership for the second wicket to revive their facet.
Matthews struck six fours in a 53-ball knock whereas Campbelle, 31, hit 4 fours in 51 balls. Each of them perished within the area of 4 balls within the nineteenth over from left-arm spinner Sugandika Kumari (3-30) and West Indies Girls finally attain their whole of 195.
Taylor counted three fours, added 33 for the fourth wicket with Chedean Nation (6) and an extra 22 for the sixth wicket with Aaliyah Alleyne (14), earlier than Karishma Ramharack (14) and Shamilia Connell (9) placed on 25 for the ultimate wicket.
The house facet carried out properly from the start of the chase earlier than Gunaratne fell to the second ball of Alleyne’s first spell.
Alleyne then bowled Athapaththu within the 14th and Fletcher had Kavisha Dilhari stumped with out scoring within the seventeenth over, Sri Lanka Girls had misplaced three wickets for 13 runs within the area of 20 balls to be 101 for 3.
Nonetheless, Perera arrived to the crease lashing seven fours in a 59-ball knock whereas Samarawickrama counted 5 fours, to take the over the road.
