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Sri Lanka Women celebrate winning the WT20I series 2-0 against West Indies
Sri Lanka Women capped off their first-ever T20I series victory against West Indies with a commanding nine-wicket win in the third and final WT20I at Grenada on Tuesday.
Opener Hasini Perera’s second T20I fifty, on the back of two wickets apiece by left-arm spinners Sugandika Kumari and Inoka Ranaweera, capped off another strong effort by Sri Lanka as they beat West Indies to seal the three-match T20I series 2-0.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and elected to field, and much like in the second T20I, the spinners strangled the West Indies batters. Kumari was introduced into the attack in the third over and she struck with her third ball, nipping out Hayley Matthews, caught and bowled for 8.
Ranaweera then struck with her second ball, prising out Shawnisha Hector, before Kumari picked up a third wicket in the powerplay in the form of Eboni Brathwaite. Deandra Dottin struck three fours in her first 10 balls as West Indies ended the powerplay on a high but slowed down spectacularly after that, only managing 28 off 39 balls, as West Indies added just 34 runs in the 10 overs after the end of the powerplay.
Ranaweera finished her tight four-over spell by trapping Dottin lbw, and four balls later, Kavisha Dilhari cleaned up the other set batter, Stafanie Taylor, for 24.
At 83-5 after 18 overs, West Indies were in danger of falling short of 100 but Chinelle Henry gave the innings much-needed impetus, smashing an unbeaten 32 off 15 balls and helping them take 36 runs off the last two overs. Despite the late onslaught, West Indies finished on a below-par 119-5.
In reply, Athapaththu raced away again, crashing four fours in the first three overs with Sri Lanka going at nearly 10 an over. Sri Lanka added 48 runs in the powerplay without losing a wicket and, while Athapaththu fell soon after for a 22-ball 32 (5 fours) to Afy Fletcher, she had set a solid platform.
With the required rate less than six runs an over, Perera and Imesha Dulani focused more on rotating the strike, putting together an unbroken 72-run stand for the second wicket off 64 balls. Perera took 58 balls to reach her fifty (52* off 59 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) before Dulani (34* off 26 balls, 5 fours) finished the match and the series by striking a four off Matthews.
Sri Lanka won the game with 14 balls to spare, making it a double success for them, having earlier won the ODIs 2-1.
Scores:
West Indies Women 119-5 (20) (Stafanie Taylor 24, Deandra Dottin 28, Chinelle Henry 32*, Sugandika Kumari 2/32, Inoka Ranaweera 2/16)
Sri Lanka Women 121-1 (17.4) (Hasini Perera 52*, Chamari Athapaththu 32, Imesha Dulani 34*)
