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4
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0
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= 13
Match Details
SAW vs SLW 1st Match, WT20 World Cup 2023
SAW
126-920.0
Sri Lanka Women won by 3 runs 🏆
SLW
20.0129-4
Player of the Match
Chamari Athapaththu
Sri Lanka Women68(50)
SAW - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 40 | 38 | 10 Over | 65 | 56 | 15 Over | 90 | 82 |
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SLW - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 29 | 28 | 10 Over | 52 | 45 | 15 Over | 76 | 91 | 20 Over | 131 | 129 |
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That concludes the presentation and that also wraps up our coverage. A famous victory for Sri Lanka in the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 opener and they have defeated the hosts South Africa comprehensively. The action continues in South Africa tomorrow with a doubleheader. For now, this is Megh Mandaliya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash, and scorer/analyst Yogesh Kumar. Cheers and have a good night!
Chamari Athapaththu ( Sri Lanka Women Captain): "Lot of youngsters in our team and we share our experience with the youngsters, and senior players doing well. Yeah, I think this wicket was very good for the batters so, I thought if batting first, 140 to 150 is a good total on this pitch but unfortunately they restricted us to 129 runs. We tried to play good cricket and I hope we can do better in this World Cup. Really thankful to the supporters."
Sune Luus (South Africa Women Captain): "First of all, thank you for the crowd coming. I hope you keep coming again and enjoy the women's cricket. Sri Lanka had a big partnership in the middle and that is a region where we lacked at. I thought 130 was a pretty decent total to chase. One game doesn't define us of course. Lots of positives from today's game for us. We bowled really well in the powerplay and yeah, lots of positives going forward"
Chamari Athapaththu (Player of the match): "I am very happy and I always try my best and try to lead my team from the front. This is not about an individual performance it all depends on the team's performance and we performed really well today. Yeah, actually she is the U19 Sri Lankan Captain and the upcoming star of the team."
Time for the presentation...
1:45 AM IST | Megh: A massive upset in the tournament opener and Sri Lanka has started their T20 World Cup 2023 campaign on a positive note here. The Chamari Athapaththu-led side has defeated the hosts by just 3 runs in the WT20 opener and the home crowd is tongue-tied at the moment. What a marvelous way to get the tournament underway here at Newlands. A magical moment in the history of Sri Lankan cricket and they are in a huddle now.
In pursuit of 130 on a challenging surface, experienced Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits spearheaded the innings in a measured manner. The right-handed duo orchestrated 28 off the first four overs with boundaries at regular intervals. However, just when the acceleration was on the cards, Oshadi Ranasinghe produced the initial breakthrough for Sri Lanka by dismissing Brits 12(18) at the stroke of the powerplay.
In pursuit of 130 on a challenging surface, experienced Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits spearheaded the innings in a measured manner. The right-handed duo orchestrated 28 off the first four overs with boundaries at regular intervals. However, just when the acceleration was on the cards, Oshadi Ranasinghe produced the initial breakthrough for Sri Lanka by dismissing Brits 12(18) at the stroke of the powerplay.
Marizanne Kapp, the next batter in, joined forces with Wolvaardt for a brief period before Inoka Ranaweera bagged her first wicket by removing Kapp for 11(12). However, Ranaweera did not stop there and dismissed the well-set Wolvaardt for 18(23) following that. The game was evenly tempered before the 13th over, where Sugandika Kumari chipped in with two quick wickets and swung the pendulum in favor of the visitors. Chloe Tryon 10(10) and Anneke Bosch 0(2) were the victims.
The South African skipper Sune Luus kept moving the scorecard from one end but she was always short of partners as the hosts kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Nonetheless, the right-hander Luus dragged the game to the wire before being outwitted at 28(27) in the penultimate over. Eventually, South Africa required 13 from the final over and the hosts fell 3 runs short.
Earlier in the day, after being invited to bat first, the Sri Lankan openers started on a sedate note. Harshitha Madavi was striving to middle the ball early and it was skipper Chamari Athapaththu who kept the scorecard moving. Both the southpaws were particularly distressed by the away swingers. Sri Lanka chalked up 28 off the powerplay before Nadine de Klerk got the initial breakthrough for his side by dismissing Madavi 8(20).
Vishmi Gunaratne, then joined forces with Athapaththu and accelerated the innings. Skipper Athapaththu played the leading figure in the partnership while Vishmi also cashed in on looseners. The left-right duo stitched an 86-run partnership and Athapaththu got to her 6th T20I half-century. Their partnership was halted by an unfortunate run-out and Vishmi walked back for 35(34). However, the skipper kept marching on and registered 68(50), including 12 fours that took the Sri Lankan scorecard to a respectable total. Stick around for the post-match presentation!
OVER 20
South Africa Women
126/9
Nonkululeko Mlaba
5(3)
Ayabonga Khaka
1(2)
Sugandika Kumari
2-28(4.0)
19.6 S Kumari to N Mlaba
4 FOUR!! That's it, a huge win for Sri Lanka in the inaugural match of the Women's World Cup 2023!! Tosses it up on the off. Mlaba lofts it over the mid-off and the ball races away for a boundary but South Africa fell 3 runs short of the victory. Sri Lanks thumped the hosts, South Africa by 3 runs in the inaugural match of Women's World Cup 2023.
That will it do it for Sri Lanka barring a No-Ball or a Wide.
19.5 S Kumari to N Mlaba
0 Fires it fuller outside the off. Mlaba gets the inside edge of the bat in the pads.
19.4 S Kumari to A Khaka
1 Drags the length back outside the off. Khaka cuts it to deep cover for a single.
19.3 S Kumari to N Mlaba
1 Fuller ball on the middle and leg. Mlaba drills it down to long-on for a single.
10 required from 4 now.
19.2 S Kumari to S Ismail
1W WICKET!! RUN OUT!! Length ball on the middle and leg. Ismail closes the face of the bat towards the short leg and tucks it down to mid-wicket, they hurry for the second run but fail to complete it as the bails were dislodged at the keeper's end.
19.1 S Kumari to S Ismail
2 Tosses it up on the off. Ismail lofts it to long-off for a couple of runs.
OVER 19
South Africa Women
117/8
Ayabonga Khaka
0(1)
Shabnim Ismail
4(2)
Inoka Ranaweera
3-18(4.0)
13 required from the final over. And guess what, Sri Lanka has failed to complete their overs on time and an extra fielder will be brought inside the inner circle.
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