Sri Lanka trounce Bangladesh

Published May 6, 2008

DAMBULLA, May 5: In another one-sided encounter of the Women’s Asia Cup on Monday, Sri Lanka trounced Bangladesh by eight wickets after restricting them to 94.

Bangladesh, fresh from their memorable triumph over Pakistan two days ago, were unable to repeat their performance as only Shathira Jakir and Ayesha Akhter, managed to cross 20.

Left-arm spinner Suwini de Alwis was the most successful bowler and she sparked a collapse, starting with the dismissal of Ayesha, as four wickets fell for one run and Bangladesh slid to 68 for nine.

The last pair resisted for more than 14 overs and added 26 runs but Sri Lanka chased down the target with eight wickets and more than 30 overs to spare with the help of de Alwis and opener Chamari Kumarihami.

Summarised scores:

BANGLADESH 94 in 46 overs (Shathira Jakir 25, Ayesha Akhter 24; S.P. De Alwis 3-13, S.S. Weerakkody 2-16, P.R.C.S. Kumarihami 2-17); SRI LANKA 95-2 in 19.3 overs (P.R.C.S. Kumarihami 32 not out, S.P. de Alwis 26 not out).—Agencies

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