The World Cup opener became a historic match for Sri Lanka Women where they were successful to score the most runs against South Africa Women ever in any World Cup. They made 129 runs in the first inning losing four wickets which they defended by keeping South Africa Women to 126/9 by the end of the second inning to win the historic match by 3 runs.
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In the world cup opener played today, South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field first.
Batting first Sri Lanka Women made 129 runs at the loss of 4 wickets with the help of Chamari Athapaththu’s 50-ball 68. Vishmi Gunaratne followed Chamari in the most run scorer for the team with 35 runs off 34 balls.
Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp and Nadine de Klerk took a wicket each for South Africa Women in the game. South Africa Women conceded 5 extras to Sri Lanka Women while bowling.
With Sune Luss being the most run scorer for South Africa Women while chasing the target, South Africa Women reached 126 runs at the loss of 9 wickets by the end of the second inning and the hosts had to bear a 3-run loss against the Lankan Women.
Inoka Ranaweera took three wickets for Sri Lanka Women with Sugandika Kumari and Oshadi Ranasinghe taking two wickets each. Sri Lanka Women conceded 12 extras to South Africa Women while bowling.
Chamari Athapaththu from Sri Lanka Women was the Player of the Match for her 68(50) in batting.
The next match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 that underwent from today will be played between West Indies and England on 12 February 2023 (see full fixtures).
