COLOMBO–Sri Lanka Women beat West Indies Women by five runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday.
Batting first the West Indies women struggled and made only 109 for six off thier 20 overs. Opener Stephanie Taylor and skipper Merissa Aguilliera were the only batters to show resistance against the Sri Lankans. Taylor, the Jamaican scored 40, while Aguilliera from T&T, scored 28 not out. They came together at 45 for four, at the fall of Stacy King's wicket and took the total to 90 before Taylor fell.
Bowling for Sri Lankan L Weerakkody took 2/13, while all the others were very disciplined with their lines and lengths.
Set a revised target off 84 off 15.2 overs because of a rain interupption, Sri Lanka reached 88 for six off the very last ball of the innings. D Srurangika made 28, while S Siriwardene who brought home the victory with a boundary made 17 not out.Trinidadians King and Anisa Mohammed bowled very well but could not seal the win in the end. Mohammed had figures off 2/15 off 3.2 overs, while King took 2/16 off three overs.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES
Kycia A Knight b Weerakkody 4
S Taylor c Kaushalya b Kumari 40
D Dottin c Hansika
b Weerakkody 4
B Cooper c Mendis
b Prabodhani 17
S King lbw b Kaushalya 1
*+M Aguilleira not out 28
C Henry c Mendis b Siriwardene 11
Extras (lb1, w3) 4
TOTAL (6 wkts, 20 overs) 109
Did not bat: S Munroe, A Mohammed, T Smartt, A Fletcher
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kycia Knight), 2-8 (Dottin), 3-40 (Cooper), 4-45 (King), 5-90 (Taylor), 6-109 (Henry)
Bowling: Weerakkody 3-0-13-2, Prabodhani 4-0-19-1, Samuddika 4-0-24-0 (w1), Kaushalya 2-0-11-1 (w1), Kumari 3-0-21-1 (w1), Siriwardene 4-0-20-1.
SRI LANKA (target: 84 off 15.2 overs)
C Jayangani c & b Mohammed 17
Y Mendis run out 0
+D Surangika lbw b Fletcher 28
N Hansika b King 0
S Siriwardene not out 17
H Perera c & b King 0
E Kaushalya c Henry
b Mohammed 16
S Weerakkody not out 3
Extras (b1, w5, nb1) 7
TOTAL (6 wkts, 15.2 overs) 88
Did not bat: U Prabodhani, S Kumari, M Samuddika.
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mendis), 2-52 (Jayangani), 3-52 (Surangika), 4-60 (Hansika), 5-60 (Perera), 6-81 (Kaushalya)
Bowling: Smartt 3-0-15-0 (nb1), Taylor 3-0-15-0, Munroe 1-0-12-0, Mohammed 3.2-0-15-2, Fletcher 2-0-14-1, King 3-0-16-2.
Result: Sri Lanka Women won by five runs (D/L method)
Series: Sri Lanka Women lead the three-match series 1-0.
Toss: Sri Lanka Women.
Umpires: P Udawatta, R Wimalasiri.