Chamari blazes to 64-ball century as Sri Lanka beat Netherlands

Chamari Atapattu scored a scintillating century off 64 balls as Sri Lanka opened their qualifying campaign for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup with a 34-run win over Netherlands under the Duckworth/Lewis rain rule at Harare

Chamari Atapattu

yesterday.

Invited to bat first, Sri Lanka rattled off an imposing 278-9 with Atapattu setting the pace with a scorching knock of 111 off 70 ball inclusive of five sixes and 11 fours. She shared an opening stand of 93 off 82 balls with Hasini Perera (27).

Netherlands, whose target was revised to 231 from 43.4 overs, were restricted to 196-6 to give Sri Lanka a comfortable win.