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ICC T-20 Women Cricket World Cup
March,21,2016
Sri Lanka V Ireland
Sri Lank Women Won by 14 runs
Sri Lanka total runs-129
Ire land total runs-115
Scores of both teams;
Sri Lanka; 129-7, 20 overs (Chamari Attapattu 34, Prasadani Weerakkody 32, Eshani Lokusuriyage 35 not out; Ciara Metcalfe 4-15)
Ireland; 115-8, 20 overs (Cecilia Joyce 29, Isobel Joyce 24, Laura Delany 29; Sugandika Kumari 3-24)
Sri Lanka beats Ireland
Mohali,
In Mohali,Group A match , Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by 14 runs to record its first win in the tournament. Both teams had lost to New Zealand in their opening games. Sri Lanka scored 129 for seven after electing to bat and then restricted Ireland to 115 for eight with Sugandika Kumari claiming three wickets for 24 runs.Sri Lanka was reduced to 59 for five by the 10th over when Eshani Lokusuriyage walked in to rescue her team with an unbeaten 35 off 28 balls.Ireland's batters were tied down by steady Sri Lankan bowling, with only Cecilia Joyce (29), Isobel Joyce (24) and Laura Delany (29) getting among the runs.Said Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu, "It was a good win,"who scored a useful 34 at the top of the order.She said,"I played my natural game. We had targeted a total of around 140 but could not get that. However it all worked out in the end."Sri Lanka suffered a blow when leading all-rounder Shashikala Siriwardene, who did not play the match due to a hamstring injury, was ruled out of the rest of the tournament.
Irish veteran Ciara Metcalfe, who took four wickets in Sri Lanka's innings, said she was delighted with her own performance but was disappointed by the loss.She said,"look, I am obviously happy with the way I bowled, but the defeat has hurt us."We thought we should have won today. But we will take it in our stride and continue to improve."
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