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Women's Asia Cup, 4th day
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 44 runs
A fine all-round performance by Eshani Kaushalya (44 runs and three wickets for 25) carried Sri Lanka to a fine 45-run win over Pakistan in their Women’s Asia Cup encounter in Karunegala on Tuesday (6).
Pakistan lost their openers early as they chased 195 but their captain Urooj Mumtaz (57) added Valuable runs with Sajjida Shah (27) to keep them in contention for some time. But Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 40 with Chamari Polgampola taking career-best figures of four for 26.
Sri Lanka being put in to bat first were 57-3 before captain Shashikala Siriwardene made a timely 34. She saw her team progressed to 161 later on. Mumtaz took four wickets for the visitors.
India in fourth successive win –
Karu Jain and Jhulan Goswami shared 53-run fifth-wicket stand to help India beat Bangladesh in Dambulla on Tuesday. That was India’s fourth successive win in Women's Asia Cup this time.
Sri Lanka Women
LDVV Silva lbw b Asmavia Iqbal 16
PRCS Kumarihami c B. Fatima b A. Akram 8
HASD Siriwardene c B. Fatima b S. Shah 34
SP de Alwis c Sana Mir b Sajjida Shah 5
CR Seneviratna lbw b Urooj Mumtaz 18
LE Kaushalya run out (Javeria Khan) 44
MADD Surangika c J. Khan b U. Mumtaz 0
SS Weerakkody c & b Urooj Mumtaz 13
SI Galagedara st B. Fatima b U. Mumtaz 7
SK Dolawatte not out 5
HMD Rasangika not out 16
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 21) 28
Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 194
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Kumarihami), 2-27 (Silva), 3-57 (de Alwis), 4-82 (Siriwardene), 5-113 (Seneviratna), 6-118 (Surangika), 7-153 (Weerakkody), 8-161 (Kaushalya), 9-174 (Galagedara)
Bowling: Asmavia Iqbal 6-0-37-1 (2w), Almas Akram 4-0-19-1 (5w), Sajjida Shah 10-1-29-2 (2w), Sana Mir 10-2-35-0 (4w), Javeria Khan 10-0-36-0 (3w), Urooj Mumtaz 10-1-31-4 (3w)
Pakistan Women
Tasqeen Qadeer lbw b Kumarihami 7
Bismah Maroof lbw b Seneviratna 1
Sajjida Shah run out (Siriwardene) 27
Urooj Mumtaz c Rasangika b Kaushalya 57
Sana Javed c Siriwardene b Kaushalya 19
Nain Abidi c & b Kumarihami 18
A. Akram st Surangika b Kumarihami 1
Sana Mir not out 6
Asmavia Iqbal lbw b Kumarihami 1
Javeria Khan run out (Rasangika) 3
Batool Fatima b Kaushalya 0
Extras (w 9) 9
Total (all out in 45 overs) 149
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Bismah Maroof), 2-12 (Tasqeen Qadeer), 3-86 (Sajjida Shah), 4-109 (Urooj Mumtaz), 5-133 (Nain Abidi), 6-135 (Almas Akram), 7-139 (Sana Javed), 8-140 (Asmavia Iqbal), 9-145 (Javeria Khan), 10-149 (Batool Fatima) Bowling: CR Seneviratna 5-0-20-1, SS Weerakkody 1-0-9-0, PRCS Kumarihami 10-1-26-4 (1w), HASD Siriwardene 8-1-22-0, SP de Alwis 8-0-28-0 (2w), SK Dolawatte 5-1-19-0 (2w), LE Kaushalya 8-0-25-3 (2w) Result: Sri Lanka Women won by 45 runs
