Sri Lanka women beat Pakistan in last over-thriller - Chamari dazzles once again

Saturday, 27 July 2024 - 11:33

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Sri Lanka 141 for 7 (Athapaththu 63, Sanjeewani 24*, Iqbal 4-16) beat Pakistan 140 for 4 (Muneeba 37, Feroza 25, Prabodhani 2-23, Dilhari 2-30) by three wickets

Chamari Athapaththu's fighting 63 off 48 balls and Anushka Sanjeewani's unbeaten 24 off 22 helped Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by three wickets in a last-over thriller in the second semi-final of Women's Asia Cup 2024. The win saw Sri Lanka march into the final for the second successive edition.  Sri Lanka will now meet India in the title clash.

The momentum swung multiple times during the course of the match. After restricting Pakistan to 140 for 4, Sri Lanka had to dig deep in the chase as Sadia Iqbal spun a web around their batters with a four-wicket haul. But Athapaththu stayed firm and found able partners, first in Kavisha Dilhari and then in Sanjeewani. With the latter, Athapaththu shared a match-changing stand of 42 off 29 balls for the fifth wicket. However, Iqbal dismissed Athapaththu in the 17th over to turn the tide Pakistan's way yet again.

At that point, Sri Lanka needed 21 off 20 balls with five wickets in hand. 

Just when it looked like Sri Lanka would have it easy, Pakistan fought back again through Iqbal. She dismissed Athapaththu in her final over to finish with figures of 4 for 16. In the following over, Hasini Perera was run out after a mix-up. Nashra Sandhu then conceded 13 of the penultimate over, where Kumari hit two fours to bring the equation down to three needed from six balls.

They lost two more wickets but with three required from three balls, Sanjeewani and Achini Kulasuriya took the team home.



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