Sri Lanka hang their nerve and clinch ICC Ladies’s T20 International Cup 2024 qualification

Sri Lanka have joined Scotland as the second one qualifier for this yr’s ICC Ladies’s T20 International Cup which will likely be performed in Bangladesh from 3 to twenty October. The skilled Sri Lanka aspect was once given a run for his or her cash through hosts, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in defence in their 149-run overall within the do-or-die conflict in the second one semi-final of the ICC Ladies’s T20 International Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Sri Lanka will now play Scotland within the ICC Ladies’s T20 International Cup Qualifier last on the identical venue on Tuesday, 7 Would possibly.

Sri Lanka had been installed to bat first on the toss and openers, Vishmi Gunaratne and captain, Chamari Athapaththu, delivered a valid get started within the type of a 52-run partnership, introduced up in 7.2 overs. Athapaththu (21) threatened to take the sport clear of the UAE with some large pictures, together with two consecutive sixes, however allowed the UAE to respire a sigh of aid when she was once pushed aside through leg-spinner, Vaishnave Mahesh (2/33).

Gunaratne then added 44 for the second one wicket with Harshitha Madavi (24), however the partnership was once damaged through Mahesh, who struck once more within the 16^th over. Gunaratne, who went previous Kathryn Bryce because the match’s main run-scorer throughout her 45-run innings (180 runs in 5 innings), was once stumped off a large ball through Esha Oza (2/27). The suitable-hander hit 5 fours in her 44-ball innings.

After Gunaratne’s departure, middle-order batters Hasini Perera (15), Kavisha Dilhari (17), and Nilakshi De Silva (18) hit 8 barriers between them within the dying overs to take the workforce to a aggressive, 149-run overall.

Oza then went on to supply one of the vital standout innings of the match because the UAE gave Sri Lanka an actual struggle with the bat. She misplaced her opening spouse, Theertha Satish with out scoring, within the first over of the chase. Oza then led the second-wicket partnership of 66 runs with Khushi Sharma (22). She added 37 for the 3rd wicket with Kavisha Egodage (16) to stay her workforce in competition.

Oza performed some scintillating pictures in her blazing 66 off 44, which incorporated 4 large sixes as Sri Lanka’s bowlers looked for solutions. The Islanders were given the much-needed leap forward when the right-hander was once bowled out through Udeshika Prabodhani within the 16^th over with the ranking at 108. All through the process her breathtaking innings, Oza went previous Gunaratne because the match’s absolute best run scorer to this point, 189 runs at 47.25.

The captain’s loss derailed the UAE’s chase, the lower-order batters failing to get the specified barriers with Sri Lanka’s bowlers and fielders tightening the screws. The UAE’s innings persisted to stutter till the top in their allocated overs, the place they controlled 134/7.

Athapaththu was once the most efficient bowler of the evening for Sri Lanka with two wickets for 28 in 4 overs. Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani and Udeshika Prabodhani took a wicket each and every.

Ratings briefly:

2nd semi-final:

Sri Lanka beat UAE through 15 runs

Sri Lanka 149 for six, 20 overs (Vishmi Gunaratne 45, Harshitha Madavi 24, Chamari Athapaththu 21; Esha Oza 2-27, Vaishnave Mahesh 2-33)

UAE 134 for 7, 20 overs (Esha Oza 66, Khushi Sharma 22; Chamari Athapaththu 2-28)

Participant of the Fit – Esha Oza

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