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Sri Lanka defeats the Bangladeshi side to maintain their tournament hopes ongoing
Sri Lanka will confront the Pakistani side in their crucial last group game
ICC Women's World Cup, Navi Mumbai
The Lankan team 202 (48.4 overs): Hasini Perera 85 (99); Shorna Akter 3-27
The Bangladeshi team 195-9 (50 overs): Joty 77 (98); Athapaththu 4-42
Sri Lanka emerge victorious by seven runs margin
The Lankan cricket team secured four crucial dismissals in the final innings segment to seal a heart-stopping triumph over their opponents and maintain their faint aspirations of qualifying for the World Cup semi-finals intact.
Chasing a modest total of 203 on a good batting surface in the Mumbai stadium, Bangladesh required nine additional runs from the remaining six balls.
Yet, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu claimed three crucial wickets in four balls and de Silva dismissed via run-out Nahida to secure a thrilling win for the Lankan team.
The triumph – Sri Lanka's first of the competition after three losses and two abandoned games against the Australian team and New Zealand – moves them equal on four match points with India and the New Zealand side, who meet each other on the coming Thursday.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, suffered a fifth straight setback since winning their first match against the Pakistani team and have been removed from contention.
While the Bangladeshi side made the perfect start, with Marufa Akter taking a wicket with the first delivery of the encounter to dismiss Gunaratne, they were deservedly made to pay for a poor fielding performance.
They offered second chances to Perera, who was dropped on three occasions, and the Lankan captain.
While the Sri Lankan skipper could not capitalise, removed lbw for 46 a single bowl after being dropped by Rabeya Khan, Hasini Perera made Bangladesh regret it.
She registered a first international fifty, accumulating 85 from 99 bowls and contributing to an significant 74-run fifth-wicket collaboration with De Silva.
The Bangladeshi team, led by Shorna's 3-27, dragged themselves back into the game, with De Silva's removal in the 34th innings segment causing a Sri Lanka collapse from 174-4 to 202 total.
In reply, Sri Lanka's initial pace attack Madara and Prabodhani restricted the opposition to 23 for one in a disappointing opening overs and they were later brought down to 44 with three wickets lost.
Sharmin Akter and Joty rebuilt their batting effort, contributing an 82-run partnership for the fourth wicket stand before Sharmin withdrew due to injury for a stubborn 64 in the 36th bowling phase.
It was advantage Bangladesh heading into the final two bowling phases, with only 12 runs necessary.
Yet, Sugandika Dasanayaka removed Ritu Moni and gave away only three runs before Athapaththu's dramatic spell, with Rabeya Khan, Nahida, captain Joty and Marufa Akter all sent back as Sri Lanka snatched the victory at the very end.
Bangladesh cannot hold nerve - and catches
Finally, it was a contest of nerves. The very experienced Lankan captain, who directed away a several of teammates as she set herself to bowl the last over, kept her composure. Bangladesh did not.
There will be plenty of questions about the team's batting effort. They possibly have been chasing 270 or 280 with the Lankan team looking settled on 159 with four wickets down in the 30th innings segment, but rather the target was significantly less.
Yet, the batting side displayed insufficient aggression from ball one, making runs at below 2.5 scoring rate during the initial phase, undergoing a initial wicket loss, and finally making themselves overwhelming to achieve.
But whatever problems there are with their batting approach, if they had seized their opportunities in the fielding department, that 203 total target would have been considerably smaller.
It required them three tries to break the 72-run second-wicket collaboration, with keeper Nigar Sultana failing to take a difficult chance behind the stumps to dismiss Perera on 23 runs before Athapaththu was spared from a caught and bowled chance chance against Rabeya Khan.
Perera was missed further on 55 runs and 63, the final opportunity going straight to Jhilik at cover, before eventually being given out leg before wicket by Shorna as she attempted to up the ante with partners falling beside her.
Later in the innings, there was also a stumping chance missed and a failed run-out, although the run-out chance was a slightly regrettable, with Jhilik deputising with the gloves due to an injury to Joty.
Sadly for Bangladesh, such fielding issues are nowhere near a one-off. They've failed to catch 14 catches from a possible 27 chances at this World Cup and boast the worst fielding effectiveness (48.1 percent) of the eight teams.
They are a side who are overall progressing in the right direction – they are competing in just their second one-day World Cup ultimately – but inadequate fielding is a obvious concern which requires attention.
Ashley Carter
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