Sri Lanka Women defeated South Africa Women by 3 runs in the 1st ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2023.
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The 1st Match, (Group A) of the ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between South Africa Women and Sri Lanka Women at Newlands, Cape Town. In which Sri Lanka Women defeated South Africa Women by 3 runs.
South Africa Women won the toss and invited Sri Lanka Women to bat first, Sri Lanka Women batted first started the inning very well, Harshitha Madavi and Chamari Athapaththu came to start the inning and gave a good start, the first wicket has gone for 28 runs in 6.4 over, Harshitha Madavi dismissed just for 8 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Vishmi Gunaratne came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 86 runs with Chamari Athapaththu, the second wicket has gone for 114 runs in first ball of the 18th over, Vishmi Gunaratne dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 34 balls, next batsman Anushka Sanjeewani came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket also has gone for 114 runs in the next ball, Chamari Athapaththu dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 12 boundaires in just 50 balls, next batsman Nilakshi de Silva came to bat, after a while the fourth wicket has also gonef or 123 runs in 18.5 overs, Nilakshi de Silva dismissed for 4 runs in 5 balls, followed by Ama Kanchana came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 4 runs in 5 balls with Anushka Sanjeewani, and Anushka Sanjeewani also remians unbeaten for 5 runs in 6 balls. In this way, Sri Lankan Women scored 129 runs after losing 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 130 runs for South Africa Women.
South African Women bowlers Marizanne Kapp got 1 wicket for 15 runs, Shabnim Ismail 1 wicket for 22 runs, and Nadine de Klerk 1 wicket for 38 runs.
South Africa Women chasing 130 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 126 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. South Africa Women started the not very well, Sune Luus scored 28 runs in 27 balls, Laura Wolvaardt was dismissed just for 18 runs in 23 balls, Sinalo Jafta 15 runs in 9 balls, Tazmin Brits 12 runs in 18 balls, Marizanne Kapp 11 runs in 12 balls, apart from this, Chloe Tryon 10 runs in 10 balls, Nadine de Klerk 7 runs in 11 balls, Shabnim Ismail 7 runs in 4 balls, Anneke Bosch dismissed without scoring, Nonkululeko Mlaba remains unbeaten for 5 runs, and Ayabonga Khaka also remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, South Africa Women could manage just 126 runs for losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 3 runs.
Sri Lankan women's bowlers performed brilliantly, Inoka Ranaweera took 3 wickets just for 18 runs, Oshadi Ranasinghe 2 wickets just for 20 runs, and Sugandika Kumari 2 wickets just for 28 runs.
Sri Lankan Women batsman Chamari Athapaththu was selected as the best player of the match, she played a brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 12 boundaries in just 50 balls.
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