Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu led the way with an 85-ball 101 as her team registered an impressive 93-run win over Pakistan in the third and final ODI of the series at Southend Club on Sunday.
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Despite the defeat, Pakistan took an unassailable lead in the series and won 2–1.
After Chamari’s blitz took Sri Lanka to 260/7, the tourists then bowled out Pakistan for 167 in 41.4 overs. From the series, which is a part of the ICC Women’s Championship, Pakistan now have four points while Sri Lanka amassed two points from Sunday’s win, ending their tour on a high after losing the T20I series 3-0 and the first two ODIs. .
Chamari, who struggled to go on the tour, finally won the toss and elected to bat for the fifth time on the tour, with a scintillating century to set a solid stage for her team’s total. did. The left-handed batsman scored his sixth century of his 50-over career in the 82nd ball of his innings with the help of 13 fours and a six.
Though she fell for 101 in the 31st over with the dismissal of Nida Dar, Chamari had done her job by then to set a stage for Sri Lanka’s total. He started the attack on Pakistan’s bowlers after one successive loss to Hasini Perera (3) and Hansima Karunaratne (0).
Chamari found an able partner in Harshita Madavi as the two put on 152 runs for the third wicket, becoming the first Sri Lankan pair to share a partnership of above 150 in ODIs. After Athapaththu’s departure, Madavi moved up the scoreboard for Sri Lanka. She was eventually dismissed for 75 off 128 balls in the 44th over and added 60 runs for the fourth wicket with Kavisha Dilhari (28).
For Pakistan, Anam Amin and Fatima Sana took two wickets each while Nida and Omaima Sohail took one wicket each. In their target of 261, Pakistan were reduced to 48/4 from 41/0 in nine overs after a decent start.
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Sidra Amin, Muniba Ali, captain Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar were dismissed early as the Sri Lankan bowlers tightened the noose. Although Omaima put up a hard-fought 40 off 61 balls and all-rounder Aaliyah Riaz scored 56 off 82 balls, Pakistan never recovered from the collapse in the first ten overs as the required run-rate increased and none of the batsmen kept up with it. could catch
Chamari had a great day in the field with 2/20 in six overs, while Oshadi Ranasinghe scored 2/29. Kavisha, Sugandhika Kumari and Inoka Ranvira took a wicket each in Sri Lanka’s victory in the 42nd over.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 260/7 in 50 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 101, Harshita Madvi 75; Anam Amin 2/43, Fatima Sana 2/51) as Pakistan beat Pakistan to 167 in 41.4 overs (Alia Riaz 56, Omaima Sohail 40; Chamari) Athapaththu 2/20, Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/29 by 93 runs
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