May 04, 2008	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1429

DAMBULLA, May 3: Mithali Raj followed up her unbeaten century on Friday with a half-century as India continued their winning ways at the Women’s Asia Cup with a 29-run victory over Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

The Indian openers, Jaya Sharma and Karuna Jain, set the platform for the total with a 62-run partnership before both were dismissed by Shashikala Siriwardene.

Raj added another 62 with Priyanka Roy to take India to 227.

Suwini de Alwis, who took two wickets against Pakistan on Friday, picked up three for 36 while Siriwardene ended with three for 54.

Though Sri Lanka lost two wickets early in the innings, Friday’s top scorer Dedunu Silva hit 74 off 87 balls to take them to the 100-run mark.

But Sri Lanka lost their last seven wickets for 66 runs as Pujare Seema and Rumeli Dhar shared six wickets between them.

Summarised scores:

INDIA 227-8 in 50 overs (m. Raj 54, P. Roy 44, K.V. Jain 29, J. Sharma 27, D. Palshikar 22 not out; S.P. de Alwis 3-36, H.A.S.D. Siriwardene 3-54); SRI LANKA 198 in 49.5 overs (L.D.V.V. Silva 74, C.R. Seneviratna 28 not out, S.P. de Alwis 25, H.A.S.D. Siriwardene 24; R. Dhar 3-28, P. Seema 3-41, N. David 2-35).—Agencies