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Limansa Thilakarathna ran through the Pakistan middle order taking three wickets, Sanjana Kavindi was once again top scorer for Sri Lanka with 46
Sri Lanka secured their fourth win in the ongoing Pakistan Women’s Under19 T20 Tri-Series to qualify for the final with a game in hand when they beat the hosts Pakistan by six wickets at Faisalabad yesterday.
It was Sri Lanka’s third win on the trot after they lost their first match of the Tri-Series to Pakistan by five wickets.
Pakistan batting first were kept down to a total of 105-8 by the right-arm slow medium deliveries of Yeshali Jithara (2/20) and the right-arm leg-spin of Limansa Thilakarathna, daughter of former Sri Lanka Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Sri Lanka had no problem in chasing down the moderate target reaching it in the 14th over.
The in-form left-handed opener Sanjana Kavindi with 6 national WT20Is under her belt continued her prolific run with the bat racing to 46 off 27 balls before attempting to sweep a straight ball and falling lbw, 4 short of what would have been her third consecutive half-century.
The win was completed by Limansa (16*) and Umayangana Peiris (1*) after Sri Lanka had suffered back to back run outs of Nethmi Upeksha (16) and Shashini Gimhani (9).
With this win Sri Lanka continued to head the standings with 4 wins from 5 matches and 8 points followed by Bangladesh who have 3 wins and 6 points also from 5 matches. Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualify for the final. Host Pakistan ended up with 1 win and 2 points completing all their 6 matches.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will meet in the final league match tomorrow which would virtually be a dress rehearsal for Friday’s final.
Scores:
Pakistan U19 Women 105-8 (20) (Aqsa 20, Shahar Bano 24*, Yeshali Jithara 2/20, Limansa Thilakarathna 3/14) lose to Sri Lanka U19 Women 106-4 (13.3) (Sanjana Kavindi 46, Nethmi Upeksha 16, Limansa Thilakarathna 16*) by six wickets.
Handshakes after Sri Lanka complete a comprehensive win over Pakistan
