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4th
Asian Women’s Cricket Championship
Eshan,
Chamari star in win over Pakistan
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Lanka Women player Chamari Polgampola (right) celebrates
one of her four wickets with a teammate against
Pakistan at Kurunegala yesterday. |
A
splendid all-round performance from 23-year-old Eshan
Kaushalya enabled Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 45 runs
in a second round match of the 4th Asian Women’s
Cricket Championship played at the Welagedera Stadium,
Kurunegala yesterday.
Put
into bat first Sri Lanka Women were reduced to 118-6
before Kaushalya came on the scene to make a top score
of 44 off 55 balls (5 fours) and help her team eventually
reach a fighting total of 194-9 off 50 overs. The damage
to the Sri Lankan batting was done by Pakistan Women’s
skipper who spun her leg-breaks viciously to capture
four wickets for 31.
Chasing a target of 195, Pakistan began badly losing
two wickets for 12 runs before a 74-run stand between
Sajjida Shah and Mumtaz put them on track. Mumtaz scored
a patient 57 off 106 balls (6 fours) and Shah made 27
off 63 balls, but the rest of the batting was swept
under the carpet by the medium pace of Chamari Polgampola
and Kaushalya’s leg-spin. Kaushalya picked up the
key wickets of Mumtaz and Sana Javed and came back later
to wrap up the innings by taking the last wicket to
end with figures of 3 for 25. Polgampola took 4 for
26.
Scores: Sri Lanka Women 194-9 (50) (Shashikala Siriwardene
34, Eshan Kaushalya 44, Extras 28, Sajjida Shah 2/29,
Urooj Mumtaz 4/31)
Pakistan Women 149 (45) (Sajjida Shah 27, Urooj Mumtaz
57, Sana Javed 19, Chamari Polgampola 4/26, Eshan Kaushalya
3/25).
India continue unbeaten form
Teenager Salma Khatun hit a career best 90 off 140 balls
(20 fours), but Bangladesh Women still finished on the
losing side in their Women’s Asia Cup match against
India played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Khatun, the 17-year-old Bangladesh captain held her
team’s innings together as they managed only 160
in 50 overs.
India were in a bit of a bother losing half the side
for 108 by the 31st over, three of them through run
outs before wicket-keeper Karu Jain (33 n.o.) and acting
captain Jhulan Goswami (23 n.o.) came together in a
match-winning stand of 54 off 58 balls to carry their
team to a five-wicket win.
Scores: Bangladesh Women 160 (50) (Panna Ghosh 24, Salma
Khatun 90, Tirush Kamani 2/14, Rumeli Dhar 2/31, Priyanka
Roy 2/18)
India Women 161-5 (41) (Rumeli Dhar 31, Karu Jain 33
n.o., Jhulan Goswami 23 n.o.)
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