Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy, Shemaine Campbelle, delivered stellar performances with the bat because the West Indies Ladies salvaged some delight from their tour of Sri Lanka by beating the hosts by six wickets within the remaining Twenty20 Worldwide Friday.
Chasing a goal of 142 on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Cricket Stadium, the Caribbean facet achieved victory with a ball to spare, due to a stable 49 from Matthews and an unbeaten 41 from Campbelle.
Requiring six runs from the final over, Campbelle and Chinelle Henry (4 not out) managed to degree the scores with three deliveries earlier than Henry’s single off the fifth ball secured the win. Campbelle’s fluent innings, that includes three fours and two sixes in a fast 30-ball knock, earned her Participant-of-the-Match honors.
Dismissed by the second ball of the competition
Earlier, Sri Lanka Ladies posted 141 for seven from their 20 overs after being despatched in to bat. Captain Chamari Athapaththu top-scored with 38, Harshitha Samarawickrama chipped in with 28, and Kavisha Dilhari contributed 26.
The house facet recovered from the early lack of opener Vishmi Gunaratne (2), who was dismissed by the second ball of the competition. Athapaththu and Samarawickrama steadied the innings with a 55-run, second-wicket stand. Athapaththu struck three fours and as many sixes in her run-a-ball knock, whereas Samarawickrama hit 4 fours in her 26-ball keep.
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Left-arm spinner Afy Fletcher (2-25) broke the partnership by eradicating Samarawickrama with a return catch within the tenth over. Athapaththu then added 34 runs for the third wicket with Dilhari, who belted 4 boundaries in her 26-ball innings.
A interval of instability
A interval of instability adopted, with three wickets falling for simply 11 runs. Nonetheless, Ama Kanchana (19 not out) and Nilakshika Silva (12) rallied the innings with a 31-run, sixth-wicket stand late on.
The brand new opening experiment of Matthews and her predecessor Stafanie Taylor paid off, with the pair posting 60 runs for the primary wicket. Participant of the Collection Matthews struck 5 fours in her 40-ball knock, whereas Taylor confronted 30 balls and hit 4 fours and a six.
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Taylor was ultimately leg earlier than wicket to spinner Dilhari on the finish of the eighth over, however Matthews and Campbelle added an extra 51 runs for the second wicket, preserving Sri Lanka Ladies on the backfoot.
