- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 Prabodhani gets the breakthrough, in her 100th T20I! Important wicket for Sri Lanka. Fuller around off and middle, tries to up the ante but hits this straight to Nilakshi at deep midwicket. Didn't hit this hard enough 61/19.6 Cleaned up! Prabodhani has taken two massive wickets in an over here to put Sri Lanka back in the game. Full length delivery on the stumps, Muneeba shuffles across so much to sweep but ends up exposing her stump. She fails to connect and is eventually bowled out 64/214.1 Oh no! A soft dismissal. Goes for a reverse sweep to find the boundary but hits it straight to Udeshika at short third. Maybe felt a bit unnecessary from the batter, could have just rotated the strike. Third umpire checks for the no-ball. Very close call. Looks like Dilhari has some part of her front foot inside the crease 94/314.5 Dilhari traps Dar lbw! Big wicket. Initially looked like there was a bit of bat on it. Fuller length on the middle and leg stump, the Pakistan captain tries to work this to leg side but misses it completely. Gets hit on the front pad 99/4Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL140/4 (20 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Gull Feroza, 9.1 ov), 2-64 (Muneeba Ali, 9.6 ov), 3-94 (Sidra Amin, 14.1 ov), 4-99 (Nida Dar, 14.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SIP Fernando 4 0 24 0 6.00 11 1 1 1 0 KDU Prabodhani 4 0 23 2 5.75 7 1 0 1 0 WGAKK Kulasuriya 3 0 35 0 11.66 3 4 1 2 0 BMSM Kumari 4 0 16 0 4.00 13 1 0 0 0 AMCJK Athapaththu 1 0 11 0 11.00 2 2 0 0 0 WK Dilhari 4 0 30 2 7.50 9 4 0 1 0
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Iqbal strikes third ball! Silence around the Dambulla stadium as Gunaratne walks back. She perhaps knew she was in trouble as she walked away immediately, anticipating the umpire to raise her finger. Iqbal swings this fullish ball past the inside edge, and it strikes her on the back. Just the strike Pakistan would have wanted early 0/116.4 Athapaththu cleaned up, Dambulla is silenced! She cannot believe what she has done. It was the last over for Iqbal, Pakistan's best bowler tonight. But Athapaththu goes for the reverse against a very full ball on off. Pre-meditation costs her. Can Sri Lanka cross the line from here? She shakes her head all the way to the dugout. Looks skywards, curses herself. But she has played a beauty 120/53.6 Appeal for lbw, given! Samarawickrama loses her balance while trying to sweep it away. Sohail slows it down and lands it on a length on off and middle. She was a tad early into the stroke and fell over, the ball hitting her flush 19/211.3 Superb catch, Aroob the fielder. Tossed up on a length outside off, Dilhari slices the cut. It dies down towards short third, who runs it, dives forward and takes it inches above the ground 78/311.5 Two in the over for Iqbal, she is turning this game on. Flatter and on a length outside off, Silva goes back and punches it straight back to the bowler. A comfortable catching height and Sri Lanka now in some bother 78/417.2 Perera is a goner! She nudges a length ball towards midwicket and sets off. The fielder, Baig the sub again, runs in quickly and fires a flat throw to the wicketkeeper, who does well. There was never a run there 123/619.2 Chopped on! Lady Boom Boom has her hands up. Fires one full and outside off, Kumari once again goes for a swing across the line and only manages to hit it onto her stumps. Athapaththu outside the boundary lne IS NOT IMPRESSED 138/7Extras11 (b 4, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL141/7 (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vishmi Gunaratne, 0.3 ov), 2-19 (Harshitha Samarawickrama, 3.6 ov), 3-78 (Kavisha Dilhari, 11.3 ov), 4-78 (Nilakshika Silva, 11.5 ov), 5-120 (Chamari Athapaththu, 16.4 ov), 6-123 (Hasini Perera, 17.2 ov), 7-138 (Sugandika Kumari, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sadia Iqbal 4 0 16 4 4.00 17 3 0 0 0 Nida Dar 2.5 0 20 1 7.05 8 2 0 3 0 Omaima Sohail 3 0 16 1 5.33 7 1 0 0 0 Nashra Sandhu 4 0 35 0 8.75 9 4 1 2 0 Syeda Aroob Shah 2 0 17 0 8.50 4 2 0 1 1 Fatima Sana 3 0 22 0 7.33 8 4 0 0 0 Tuba Hassan 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka Women advanced
Match number
Season
Match days
26 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 0 wicket)
- Pakistan Women: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (Gull Feroza 24, Muneeba Ali 28, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Pakistan Women - 61/1 in 9.1 overs (Muneeba Ali 36)
- Pakistan Women: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Pakistan Women - 140/4 in 20.0 overs (Aliya Riaz 16, Fatima Sana 23)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka Women: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (AMCJK Athapaththu 29, WK Dilhari 12, Ex 9)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka Women - 69/2 in 10.0 overs (AMCJK Athapaththu 36, WK Dilhari 12)
- Sri Lanka Women: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (88 balls), Extras 9
- AMCJK Athapaththu: 50 off 43 balls (8 x 4)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
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