New Zealand crushed Sri Lanka by 102 runs in Paarl to ensure Group 1 at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will go down to the wire. Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr combined for a second wicket stand of 110, their nation’s third-highest ever at the tournament, to lift their side to an imposing 162
Beth Mooney got her batting back on track thanks to a mammoth partnership with Alyssa Healy that steered Australia to a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka. The five-time champions suffocated Sri Lanka with spin to stop them from capitalizing on a fast start by Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. Megan Schutt then took three wickets
Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi de Silva’s ice-cool hundred partnership steered Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh as they continued their winning start to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Sri Lanka were reduced to 26 for three in the powerplay but Samarawickrama’s assured knock of 69 not out, coupled with De Silva’s
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu is asking for more of the same when her side takes on Bangladesh after seeing off hosts South Africa in the tournament opener. Sri Lanka are bidding to make history in the second match of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2023, having never previously won their first two
Sri Lanka claimed a famous three-run victory over hosts South Africa at Newlands on opening night of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Captain Chamari Athapaththu led from the front with a wonderful 68 from 50 balls, her nation’s highest-ever individual score at the showpiece tournament. Having set South Africa 130 to win, Athapaththu’s
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu: We have never been as confident as we are going into this tournament. Our ambitions are nothing less than winning the tournament—that is our ultimate goal. Our confidence stems from recent results, the skills and competencies of our players, and the experience we have with the team. We just competed
Shashikala Siriwardena produced the perfect swansong to her international career by taking four wickets in Sri Lanka’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 victory over Bangladesh. Shashikala Siriwardena took four for 16 in her final international appearance for Sri Lanka Achini Kulasuriya took two scalps to help steer Sri Lanka to victory in their final
Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav shone as semi-finalists India made it four from four at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 with a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka. Radha Yadav took four wickets and Shafali Verma top scored with the bat as India cruised to victory over Sri Lanka in their final Group A
England Women’s final preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup were dealt a surprising blow in Adelaide with a 10-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka. Heather Knight won the toss and batted first but her team – with a slightly rejigged order – never got going, losing regular wickets to Sri Lanka’s spinners and reaching just
England Women signed off from their tour of Sri Lanka with another win to make it 10 victories in a row in all formats. It’s now their fifth-best run of consecutive victories. Half-centuries from Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt – plus a pair of rapid 40s from Nat Sciver and Tammy Beaumont – saw England
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