NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s Women’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign on Monday ended after a 102-run rout by the hands of New Zealand. New Zealand stored their World Cup hopes alive with this large win on the Boland Park in Paarl on Sunday.
Batting first, Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr scored half-centuries as New Zealand posted 162 for 3. In reply, Sri Lanka might solely handle 60.
New Zealand moved into second place in Group One behind defending champions Australia, however might nonetheless be overtaken by hosts South Africa, who play Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka, who gained their first two matches, completed the group stage degree on factors with New Zealand however had been eradicated on internet run fee.
Bates adopted up her unbeaten 81 towards Bangladesh on Friday with 56, whereas Kerr hit 66.
Bernadine Bezuidenhout set the tone for New Zealand, hitting 32 off 20 balls in a gap partnership of 46 in 5.4 overs with Bates.
Kerr joined Bates and the pair added 110 for the second wicket earlier than Bates was stumped within the final over. Kerr was run out off the penultimate ball of the innings.
The New Zealand batters went for his or her photographs and ran exhausting between wickets.
It was a efficiency that was in stark distinction to an earlier match on the identical pitch when neither West Indies nor Pakistan might obtain a scoring fee of a run a ball.
Sri Lanka wilted beneath the strain. Bezuidenhout and Bates had been each dropped and there have been quite a few misfields.
Set to attain greater than eight runs an over, Sri Lanka’s possibilities evaporated quickly.
They misplaced three wickets within the six-over powerplay earlier than Amelia Kerr delivered a killer blow by trapping Sri Lanka captain and star participant Chamari Athapaththu for 19 within the eighth over.
New Zealand used six bowlers and so they all took wickets, with Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr taking two every.
(With inputs from AFP)
Batting first, Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr scored half-centuries as New Zealand posted 162 for 3. In reply, Sri Lanka might solely handle 60.
New Zealand moved into second place in Group One behind defending champions Australia, however might nonetheless be overtaken by hosts South Africa, who play Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka, who gained their first two matches, completed the group stage degree on factors with New Zealand however had been eradicated on internet run fee.
Bates adopted up her unbeaten 81 towards Bangladesh on Friday with 56, whereas Kerr hit 66.
Bernadine Bezuidenhout set the tone for New Zealand, hitting 32 off 20 balls in a gap partnership of 46 in 5.4 overs with Bates.
Kerr joined Bates and the pair added 110 for the second wicket earlier than Bates was stumped within the final over. Kerr was run out off the penultimate ball of the innings.
The New Zealand batters went for his or her photographs and ran exhausting between wickets.
It was a efficiency that was in stark distinction to an earlier match on the identical pitch when neither West Indies nor Pakistan might obtain a scoring fee of a run a ball.
Sri Lanka wilted beneath the strain. Bezuidenhout and Bates had been each dropped and there have been quite a few misfields.
Set to attain greater than eight runs an over, Sri Lanka’s possibilities evaporated quickly.
They misplaced three wickets within the six-over powerplay earlier than Amelia Kerr delivered a killer blow by trapping Sri Lanka captain and star participant Chamari Athapaththu for 19 within the eighth over.
New Zealand used six bowlers and so they all took wickets, with Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr taking two every.
(With inputs from AFP)
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