By M. Shamil Amit
Apr. 9 (Daily Mirror) – The Sri Lanka U19 Women’s left and right arm spin pair Chamodi Munasinghe and Dewmi Wijeratne wrecked the England U19 Women batting to guide the side to a big 108 run win in the U19 Women’s Tri Nation ODI encounter played at the Galle Internatinal Stadium.
Fourteen year old Munasinghe a schoolgirl hailing from remote Kumbukkenen in the Monaragala district ended with a five wicket haul while Wijeratne bagged four as the duo combined to bowl out the England U19 Women chasing a target of 227 runs to bundle them out for a low score of 118 runs.
The foundation for the win was laid by Rashmika Sewwandi who made a 56 ball knock of 59 that included nine boundaries after two valuable partnerships put on by the top order batting.
The first was an opening wicket stand of 63 runs between Sanjana Kavindi and Sumudu Nisansala and the other of 54 runs for the fourth wicket between skipper Manudi Nanayakkara and Dewmi Wijeratne.
Later Sewwndi shared two brief partnerships of 40 runs for the sixth wicket with Rashmi Nethranjalai and 38 runs for the seventh wicket with Rishmi Sanjana for Sri Lanka U19 Women taikng first lease of the wicket to make a score of 226 runs.
Scores:
- Sri Lanka U19 Women 226 in 48.4 overs (Rashmika Sewwandi 59, Sanjana Kavindi 27, Sumudu Nisansala 27, Manudi Nanayakkara 25, Dewmi Wijeratne 25 : Charis Pevely 2/16, Amu Surenkumar 2/21, Sophia Smale 2/34)
- England U19 Women 118 in 23.3 overs (Jodi Grewcock 26, Amu Surenkumar 25: Chamodi Munasinghe 5/42, Dewmi Wijeratne 4/43)
