Lankan women spinners wreck St Vincent

KINGSTOWN: Sri Lanka women’s cricket squad unleashed a battery of spinners on an unsuspecting St Vincent and the Grenadines to come away with a convincing 68-run victory in a warm-up match yesterday.

SCORES: Sri Lanka 199-9 (50 overs) vs St Vincent 131 (43.1 overs).

Both sides played 50 overs at the Arnos Vale Playing Field. Sri Lanka arrived in St Vincent on Monday to start their first ever Caribbean tour. The Sri Lankans, preparing to face the West Indies in a six-match one-day series beginning tomorrow, dismissed the home team for 131 in 43.1 overs in reply to their score of 199-9 in 50 overs. The Vincentians found the bowling of captain Suthershini Sivanatham too much as they lost their last eight wickets for 20 runs. Sivanatham, a tall offspinner, grabbed five for 20 in ten overs as she mesmerised the hosts with her clever flight and big turners.

Spin duo Rose Fernando (2-18) and Sasikala Siriwardene (2-33) also helped the Sri Lankans achieve victory. Captain Geneille Greaves and Dauphine Miller, both with 27, and Celina Fraser, with 25, were the best of the Vincentian batswomen. (AP)