අවසන් පූර්ව වටය පිළිබඳ බලාපොරොත්තු තවදුරටත් ජීවමාන කරමින්, T20 ලෝක කුසලාන කාන්තා ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියේ ස්කොට්ලන්තය සමඟ පැවති මුල්වටයේ තරගයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාව ජයගත්තා. එංගලන්තයේ මැන්චෙස්ටර් නුවර පැවති මෙම තරගය ඉතා උණුසුම් එකක් වූ අතර අවසානයේදී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජයගත්තේ කඩුලු තුනකින්. පළමුවෙන…
Sri Lanka won their opening match of the T20 Women's World Cup by three wickets, keeping their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive. The match, held in Manchester, England, was a heated affair, with Sri Lanka eventually winning by three wickets. Batting first, Scotland scored 151 for 6 in their allotted 20 overs. Sarah Bryce remained unbeaten on 47. Mithali Ayodhya took 2 for 34. In reply, Sri Lankan women's cricketers secured their victory by scoring 154 for 7 in 19.5 overs, with just one ball remaining. Sri Lanka got off to a fast start with skipper Chamari Atapattu scoring 33 off 16 balls. Harshita Samarawickrama scored 27. Sugandika Kumari and Nilakshika Silva played calmly under pressure in the final over, when seven more runs were needed to win the match, leading Sri Lanka to victory. Nilakshika Silva was unbeaten on 21. With this victory, Sri Lanka has moved up to 3rd place in Group 2 of the points table. However, Sri Lanka will have to rely on the results of the remaining matches to qualify for the semi-finals. Accordingly, England must defeat New Zealand and the West Indies must defeat Ireland by a large margin. Only then will the doors of the semi-finals open for Sri Lanka on the basis of net run rate.