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Vishmi Gunaratne played a handy innings of 58 to take the Player of the Match award
West Indies legend Deandra Dottin became the first international cricketer from the Caribbean to be out obstructing the field during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Grenada on Sunday
Sri Lanka Women took a 2-0 lead with another tight victory over the West Indies by 14 runs at St George’s on Sunday.
The second ODI carried a script similar to the first game: West Indies chasing a sub-250 total, a meticulous 50 off 69 balls (5 fours) by Jannillea Glasgow at No.7, and a narrow win for Sri Lanka.
The West Indies, who fell short by 10 runs in pursuit of 241 in the first ODI, had a smaller total to chase this time, bundling out Sri Lanka for 208. At 166-4 in the 36th over, Sri Lanka looked set for much more, but lost their way even as Vishmi Gunaratne kept one end occupied with a fighting fifty – 58 off 66 balls (5 fours) to take the Player of the Match award.
In response, West Indies, just like in the first ODI, had their top five batters sent back inside 100, leaving the lower order to push them close to the finish.
The talking point, though, was Deandra Dottin’s dismissal, out obstructing the field. The incident occurred in the 30th over, with West Indies needing 94 at that point. Facing Chamari Athapaththu, Dottin went for a sweep, but missed the wide ball. It ricocheted off the keeper’s pads and flew back towards Dottin, who bizarrely tapped the ball with her bat and caught it with one hand. The Sri Lanka fielders went up in appeal straight away, claiming obstruction.
After consultation between the umpires and a referral upstairs, Dottin was given out. Next over, Aaliyah Alleyne was caught at backward point, pushing West Indies further into trouble.
But Glasgow stayed put, briefly finding company in Shawnisha Hector, but the partnership was broken by a brilliant diving catch in the deep by Nilakshika Silva, falling inches from the boundary.
Glasgow kept finding boundaries, targeting the area down the ground, forging a crucial stand with Afy Fletcher for the ninth wicket. With 18 needed off 22 though, Fletcher perished trying to take on Inoka Ranaweera, succumbing to another sharp catch by the Sri Lankans.
Even as she ran out of partners, Glasgow kept them in the hunt. However, off the last ball of the 48th over, her resistance ended, slapping one straight to cover, where Kavisha Dilhari took a fine catch on the second attempt. Glasgow crouched in despair, held up by her bat and consoled by Ramharack, even as the Sri Lankan fielders around celebrated the series win.
Sugandika Kumari took a three-wicket haul, as did Ranaweera, adding to her four wickets in the first game.
It’s the second bilateral ODI series win in a row for Sri Lanka over West Indies, having broken a streak of four straight series defeats to them until 2024.
Scores:
Sri Lanka Women 208 (47.1) (Chamari Athapaththu 32, Harshitha Samarawickrama 35, Vishmi Gunaratne 58, Nilakshika Silva 29, Hayley Mathews 2/44, Karishma Ramharack 3/26, Afy Fletcher 2/40)
West Indies Women 194 (48) (Shemaine Campbelle 30, Stafanie Taylor 27, Jannillea Glasgow 50, Afy Fletcher 20, Sugandika Kumari 3/38, Dewmi Vihanga 2/33, Inoka Ranaweera 3/44)
