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ICC Womens T20 World Cup Match

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

2/3/20

Junction Oval.Melbourne.Australia.

     Match 17 of the 2020 ICC Womens World Cup was held at the Junction Oval in South Melbourne ,Victoria between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka .Captains Salma Khatun and Chamari Athapaththu made their way to the toss and it was it Bangladesh that called it and elected to bat ,coming out to open bat for Bangladesh is Murshida Khatun and Ayasha Rahman while the opener bowlers for Sri Lanka Udeshika and Shashikala Siriwardene were thrown the new ball .Opener Murshida Khatun was the first wicket to tumble after she played at a ball and was out caught of the bowling of Shashikala Siriwardene for 3 runs,Bangladesh are now 1/5 ,next batter over the rope is Sanijda Islam ,this partnership added 19 runs before Sanijda Islam played at a ball and was out caught of the bowling of Anchini Kulasuriya for 13 runs,Bangladesh are now 2/24 .The incoming batter is Nigar Sultana Joty to partner Ayasha Rahman, unfortunately Rahman played at a ball and missed and went LBW to Achini Kulasuriya for 6 runs ,Bangladesh are now 3/25,Fargana Hoque is the incoming batter to partner Niga Sultana Joty ,these two batters added 31 runs to the total before Fargana Hoque played at a ball and missed and went LBW to Kavisha Dilhari for 13 runs ,Bangladesh are now 4/56.Rumana Ahmed is the next batter to cross the rope ,unfortunately this partnership only lasted  one run before Rumana Ahmed played at a ball and was out caught off the bowling of Shashikala Siriwrdene for a DUCK.Bangladesh are now 5/57 in the thirteenth over.The next batter to cross the rope is Ritu Moni and together with Sanjida Islam added 22 runs to the total before Ritu Moni was out caught off a ball from Shashikala Siriwardene for 8 runs ,Bangladesh are now 6/79 in the nineteenth over.Incoming batter is Fahima Khatun and together with Sanjida Islam put on only 3 runs before Fahima Khatun swung at a ball and was out caught off the bowling of Shashikala Siriwardene for 1 run ,Bangladesh are now 7/82.The next batter to take centre is skipper Salma Khatun who with Niga Sultana Joty added only added 9 runs before Nigar Sultana Joty went for a run that wasn’t there and was run out for a well made 39 runs,Bangladesh are now 8/91.The standout batter was Nigar Sultana Joty who made 39 runs ,while the stand out bowler was Shashikala Siriwardene taking 4 wickets ,with Achini Kulasuryia getting 2 wickets and Kavisha Dilhari picking up 1.

    The Sri Lankan openers Hasini Madushika and Chamari Athapaththu made their way out to the centre while Bangladesh opening bowlers Salma Khatun and Panna Ghosh were thrown the new ball ,the opening batters started well and took the total to 51 runs before the skipper Chamari Athapaththu swung at a ball and was out caught off the bowling of Nahida Akter for 30 runs ,Sri Lanka are now 1/51.The incoming batter to join Hasini Madushika is Anushka Sanjeewani,this partnership added the 41 runs needed to win ,the Sri Lankans won it in 15.3 overs.The stand out batter Hasini Madushika who made 39 runs ,while the skipper Chamari Athapaththu  put on 30 well made runs.The only wicket to fall was taken by Nahida Akter.   

Player of the Match went to  Shashikala Siriwardene