LUCAS STREET- West Indies Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 45 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in their rain-hit third and final One-Day International at the Windward Cricket Club yesterday to win the series 2-1.
Sent in to bat, the Caribbean women got good scores from Shanel Daley (63) and Stafanie Taylor (44) who shared a second wicket partnership of 74. But apart from the pair and skipper Merissa Aguilliera, who struck a rapid unbeaten 20 at the end of the innings, none of the other batters got going.
Spinner Shashikala Siriwardena who grabbed 4-40 was Sri Lanka's best bowler. In their turn at the crease, Sri Lanka never looked likely to challenge and wickets fell regularly. Siriwardena enjoyed a good allround performance, topscoring with 34 while Sripali Weerakkody made 29. Daley who was voted player of the series, followed up with 3-25 while Subrina Munroe took 3-15 and Taylor 2-10.
Scoreboard
Third Women's ODI
WEST INDIES v SRI LANKA
West Indies inns
S Taylor c Mendis b Samudukki 44
J Nero b Dharmisiri 4
S Daley b Siriwardena 63
S Campbelle run out 11
D Dottinc Galagedera b Siriwardena 3
S King st Manodara b Siriwardena 12
M Aguilliera not out 20
A Mohammed c Rasangika b Siriwardena 5
Shakera SELMAN not out 0
Extras (2lb 4w) 6
Total (for 7 wickets) 168
Fall of Wickets 1-11, 2-85, 3-113, 4-127, 5-136, 6-147, 7-162
Bowling Weerakkody 6-0-23-0, Dharmasiri 4-0-15-1, Gunaratne 8-0-29-0, Senviratne 8-0-29-0, Samuddika 5-0-023-1, Siriwardena 8-0-40-4, Dolowatta 1-0-6-0
Sri Lanka inns
I Gakagedera run out 8
Y Mendis c Taylor b Munroe 0
D Rasangika c Mohammed b Munroe 0
D Manadora c Taylor b Daley 14
S Dolowatta c Munroe b Daley 14
S Siriwardena c Campbelle b Munroe 34
C Senviratne run out 4
S Weerakkody st Aguilliera b Taylor 29
D Dharmasiri c Nero b Daley 2
M Samuddika c Nero b Taylor 5
C Gunaratne not out 5
Extras (1b 4lb 10w 1nb) 16
Total 131
Fall of Wickets 1-4, 2-8, 3-11, 4-34, 5-58, 6-71, 7-110, 8-113, 9-122, 10-131.
Bowling: Selman 7-1-14-0, Munroe 7-1-15-3, Daley 8-1-25-3, Smartt 5-1-13-0, Mohammed 5-0-17-0, Campbelle 5-0-32-0, Taylor 1.4- 0-10-2
