Sri Lanka lasses take 3-0 lead over Windies

Sri Lanka women cricketers continued their dominance over the West Indies with a 38-run victory in the third encounter of the six-match series at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain  yesterday.

SCORES: Sri Lanka 214/9 (50 overs) vs West Indies 176/9.

Chasing 215 to win in 50 overs at 4.30 runs per over, the regional cricketers struggled throughout to reach 176/9 in 49 overs. Pamela Alfred batted well and tried to take her team home with an innings of 40 but did not get the required support. Sri Lankan captain Suthershini Sivanatham bowled her team to victory with figures of 3/26. Earlier, Sri Lanka batted first on winning the toss and scored a respectable 214/9 in their allotted 50 overs. Openers Wasanthi Ratnayke (36) and Randhika Galhenege (34) got their team off to a good start and middle order bat Chamani Seneviratne topscored with 40 as they made the Oval field their own. The West Indies were brought back into the match by a spell of three for 27 from off-spinner Juliana Nero and skipper Verena Felicien who returned the figures of one for 16 from 10 tidy overs. The bandwagon now moves over to St Vincent and the Grenadines where they play the fourth match tomorrow.

Summarised Scores:
Sri Lanka 214/9 (50 overs) (Chamani Seneviratne 40, Wasanthi Ratnayke 36, Randhika Galhenege 34, Juliana Nero 3/27, Verena Felicien 1/16) def West Indies 176/9 (49 overs) (Pamela Alfred 40, Juliana Nero 16, Dorris Francis 16, Suthershini Sivanatham 3/26) — by 38 runs.