24/02Result
5th Match, Group A, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Perth, Feb 24 2020
AUS Women won by 5 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Rachael HaynesAustralia Women
24/02Result
5th Match, Group A, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Perth, Feb 24 2020
AUS Women won by 5 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Rachael HaynesAustralia Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 122/6 | RR: 6.10

  • Harshitha Samarawickrama2 (2b)
  • Shashikala Siriwardene5 (6b)
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-23-1
  • Molly Strano4-0-23-2

4:22 pm Well well well, the tournament hosts may have a slightly nervy chase on their hands all because of Chamari Atapattu, who struck a very impressive 50 off 38 balls. Sri Lanka looked on course for 130+ at one stage before the captain fell to end the 14th, at which stage they lost momentum adding 31 off the last six overs. But after losing the tournament opener to India, Australia will be under a smidgen of pressure to get this total. Join us for the chase shortly.

19.6
2
Jonassen to Madavi, 2 runs, missed runout on the last ball. Full on the stumps, driven firmly into the stumps at the non-striker's end and the ball caroms to long-on. The pair take a suicide second and the relay to Healy is fumbled sloppily with Madavi eight yards short. Basic loss of concentration from Healy to deny the second. We'll see how much that matters in what could be a tricky chase.
19.5
0
Jonassen to Madavi, no run, floated full on off stump, tries to flick this across the line and beaten badly, straightforward lbw. She reviews this as it's the penultimate ball but it's looking stone dead. Now now now! Ultraedge reveals a spike for an edge. Overturned!
19.4
W
Jonassen to Silva, OUT, another flatter delivery at 84 kph darted on leg stump, beats another charge trying to heave to midwicket. The ball goes between the bat and leg stump and a simple stumping for Healy.

NND Silva st †Healy b Jonassen 18 (18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

19.3
0
Jonassen to Silva, no run, darts this in flatter to negate a charge, mistimed off the toe of the bat and sticks in the feet.
19.2
1
Jonassen to Siriwardene, 1 run, flighted more following Siriwardene backing away from leg, driven to mid-off.
19.1
1
Jonassen to Silva, 1 run, charges and heaves this full ball off the stumps to deep midwicket.

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | SL-W: 118/5 | RR: 6.21

  • Nilakshika Silva17 (15b)
  • Shashikala Siriwardene4 (5b)
  • Molly Strano4-0-23-2
  • Jess Jonassen3-0-19-0
18.6
1
Strano to Silva, 1 run, fuller and flatter into the legs, clipped to midwicket on the ring.
18.5
1
Strano to Siriwardene, 1 run, heaves this off the stumps in the air to deep square leg, was in the air forever but Carey decides not to put in a dive and it drops for a single.
18.4
1
Strano to Silva, 1 run, short again on the stumps, goes to pull and a top edge swirls behind Healy and is cut off by fine leg.
18.3
4
Strano to Silva, FOUR, Strano overcompensates too short on fourth stump, rocks back to pull this authoritatively in the gap between cow corner and deep midwicket, Perry's dive to stop is in vain.
18.2
4
Strano to Silva, FOUR, charges a full ball wide on sixth stump and cleans this beautifully high and wide over mid-off, lands just a foot short of the rope before bouncing over for four.
18.1
1
Strano to Siriwardene, 1 run, backs away to loft a drive over cover, fielder on the bounce by the cover sweeper.

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | SL-W: 106/5 | RR: 5.88

  • Nilakshika Silva7 (11b)
  • Shashikala Siriwardene2 (3b)
  • Jess Jonassen3-0-19-0
  • Molly Strano3-0-11-2
17.6
2
Jonassen to Silva, 2 runs, uses her feet again to a full ball and flicks behind square, corralled by deep fine leg running left but they take an easy two.
17.5
0
Jonassen to Silva, no run, shuffles down the track and then changes into a sweep to a fullish length ball, can't get this away.
17.4
1
Jonassen to Siriwardene, 1 run, short on the stumps, pulled to long-on.
17.3
1
Jonassen to Silva, 1 run, good length ball on the stumps, goes back to pull to square leg.
17.2
1
Jonassen to Siriwardene, 1 run, full on leg stump, comes down the track and flicks this to deep fine leg.
17.1
0
Jonassen to Siriwardene, no run, good length ball on fourth stump, prods at this awkwardly and beaten.

Here's Annesha Ghosh's take on the Chamari dismissal from inside the WACA: "Alyssa Healy's presence of mind caused such commotion in the middle with her dual run-out attempt that it might have somewhat shaken Chamari Atapattu's focus given she had been hollering instructions at her batting partner ball after ball in the lead-up to that chaotic episode. It was, to a great extent, reminiscent of the miscommunication between Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma against the same opponents of the epic 2017 World Cup semi-final."

END OF OVER:
17 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SL-W: 101/5 | RR: 5.94

  • Nilakshika Silva4 (8b)
  • Shashikala Siriwardene0 (0b)
  • Molly Strano3-0-11-2
  • Ellyse Perry4-0-23-0
16.6
0
Strano to Silva, no run, indecisive footwork aborting a charge to a widish ball full on fifth stump, misses a push into point.
16.5
0
Strano to Silva, no run, fullish length ball on fourth stump, shuffles into the shot pushing to extra cover.
16.4
W
Strano to Kanchana, OUT, flighted on fifth stump, slog sweeps this to deep square leg and picks out Perry five meters in from the ring. Simple catch at waist height and Sri Lanka losing steam quickly now.

KADA Kanchana c Perry b Strano 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

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AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AJ HealyBL Mooney
2nd8BL MooneyA Gardner
3rd2MM LanningBL Mooney
4th95RL HaynesMM Lanning
5th13MM LanningNJ Carey
6th5EA PerryMM Lanning