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KURUNEGALA, May 9: Sri Lanka completed a facile nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Women’s Asia Cup on Friday, following up a tidy display in the field with a professional chase of a paltry 121 with 145 balls remaining.
Sri Lanka chose to field first, and had Bangladesh in early trouble. Janakanthy Mala removed Shukhtara for a nine-ball duck and added Shathira Jakir in her next over, and left-arm spinner Suwini de Alwis struck to make it 29 for three.
Ayesha Akhter stuck around long enough to top-score with 30 but nobody else crossed 20 and Bangladesh were all out for 120.
Janakanthy Mala finished with the most excellent figures of 10-6-9-3 and was backed up by Shashikala Siriwardene’s 3 for 28.
Dedunu Silva then remained unbeaten on 66 with the help of 12 boundaries to wrap up victory.
Summarised scores:
BANGLADESH 120 in 49.3 overs (Ayesha Akhter 30; Janakanthy Mala 3-9, H.A.S.D. Siriwardene 3-28); SRI LANKA 123-1 in 25.5 overs (L.D.V.V. Silva 66 not out, H.A.S.D. Siriwardene 23 not out).
—Agencies
