Sri Lanka rattled by UAE before winning

Harshitha Samarawickrama top scored for Sri Lanka to take the Player of the Match award

Sri Lanka Women were given a scare by UAE Women before recording their first win of the Women’s Asia Cup tournament in Sylhet, Bangladesh yesterday.

Batting first Sri Lanka Women managed only 109-9 with opener Harshitha Samarawickrama making a top score of 37 off 40 balls (4 fours).

UAE Women had a revised target of 66 to score off 11 overs but they made only 54-7 to hand Sri Lanka Women a win by 11 runs under the D/L method.

Spinner Kavisha Dilhari and Inoka Ranaweera took two wickets apiece to restrict UAE.

Sri Lanka lost their opening fixture against India by 41 runs on Saturday.

Scores

Sri Lanka Women 109-9 (20) (Harshitha Samarawickrama 37, Nilakshi de Silva 19, Mahika Gaur 3/21, Samaira Dharnidharka 2/18, Vaishnave Mahesh 3/15)

UAE Women 54-7 (11) (Theertha Satish 19, Kavisha Dilhari 2/7, Inoka Ranaweera 2/7)