Highlights:

• SLW won the toss and choose to bat first
• AUSW beats SLW by 5wickets
• Rachael Haynes(60) got Man of the Match Award

On Monday at W.A.C.A. Ground, Sri Lanka women team won the toss and chose bat first. But the batsmen unable to gave the good start to the team as they lose 1st wicket without scoring a run. But Chamari (50) scored a half-century and played a captaincy inning. With the help of chamari’s inning, Sri Lanka set the target of 123 runs for Australia.  

ICYMI

Sri Lanka had Australia in trouble at 10/3, but Haynes' and Lanning's experience came through to get their #T20WorldCup campaign back on track. https://t.co/Rr5i14Uj8u

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 24, 2020

Whereas, Australia also lost the first 3 wickets quickly at just 10 runs in chasing the score. But Captain Mag Lanning (41)* and Rachael Haynes (60) scored 95 runs together for the 4th wicket which helped the Australian team to reach the target. With the help of this partnership, Australia won the match by 5 wickets with the 3 balls remaining in hand.

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka Women                                                                        122 – 6 (20 Overs)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Hasini Perera c Mooney b Schutt	0	3	0	0	0.00
Chamari Athapaththu (c) c Lanning b Nicola Carey	50	38	7	2	131.58
Umesha Thimashini c Jonassen b Nicola Carey	20	20	4	0	100.00
Anushka Sanjeewani (wk) c Delissa Kimmince b Strano	25	31	2	0	80.65
Nilakshi de Silva st Healy b Jonassen	18	18	2	0	100.00
Ama Kanchana c E Perry b Strano	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shashikala Siriwardene not out	5	6	0	0	83.33
Harshitha Madavi not out	2	2	0	0	100.00

Extras – 2 (lb1, b0, nb0, w1, p0)

Did not bat

Kavisha Dilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani

Australia Women                                                                     123 – 5 (19.3 Overs)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alyssa Healy (wk) b Prabodhani	0	2	0	0	0.00
Beth Mooney st Anushka Sanjeewani b S Siriwardene	6	9	1	0	66.67
Ashleigh Gardner b Prabodhani	2	8	0	0	25.00
Meg Lanning (c) not out	41	44	4	0	93.18
Rachael Haynes st Anushka Sanjeewani b S Siriwardene	60	47	4	2	127.66
Nicola Carey b Athapaththu	5	3	1	0	166.67
Ellyse Perry not out	5	4	0	0	125.00

Extras – 4 (lb0, b0, nb0, w4, p0)

Did not bat

Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Molly Strano, Megan Schutt