Bowlers, Athapaththu help Sri Lanka level series

Sri Lanka Women defeated Bangladesh Women by seven wickets at the SSC on Thursday (11) to level the three match T20I series 1-1.

Electing to bowl first, Sri Lanka Women restricted the visitors to an exact 100 in18.3 overs and powered by a top score of 33 off 27 by Chamari Athapaththu and unbeaten contributions of 29 and 20 from Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari  clinched the game for Sri Lanka with seven wickets in hand and nine balls to spare.

Brief scores:

Bangladsh Women 100 in18.3 overs (Shamina Sultana 18, Rubya Haider 16, Sobhana Mostary 18, Murshida Khatun 14; Udeshika Prabodhani 2-21, Oshadie Ranasinghe 1-26, Sugandika Kumari 2-14, Kawya Kavindi 1-14, Inoka Ranaweera 2-09, Kavisha Dihari 2-13) lost to Sri Lanka Women 101/3 in 18.3overs (Chamari Athapaththu 33, Vishmi Gunaratne 12, Harshitha Samarawikrama 29*, Kavisha Dilhari 20*; Rabeya Khan 1-11, Fahima Khatun 1-16) by seven wickets