SLW – 105-7 (20) 

SAW – 125-0 (14.5)

Player of the Match – Laura Wolvaardt

South Africa Women faced Sri Lanka Women in the ICC Women’s World Cup at Colombo on Friday, October 17.

Another day, another match ruined by rain. It’s like a ritual in ICC events that some matches are affected by rain. 

Sri Lanka Women won the toss and opted to bat first. Sri Lanka started slow. But in the 7th over, Masabata Klaas bowled out Hasini Perera, and in the 10th over, Masabata took down the Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu.

After 12 overs, rain started, and the match was reduced to a 20-over game. A team that was playing for 50 overs suddenly gets to know that they have only 8 overs left. DLS score is not always accurate because if a player plays aggressively from the start, how can this be justified in the DLS method?

Vishmi Gunaratne, who got hurt in the first half, came back to the crease in the 15th over after Harshita’s wicket and scored 34 runs off 33 balls. Nonkululeko Mlaba took 3 wickets in the last over, Masabata Klaas picked 2 wickets and Nadine de Klerk picked 1 wicket.

The DLS target for South Africa was 121, and it was an easy target because of the rain. The outfield was wet, making it difficult to field and catch, especially for the spinners.

South Africa’s batting approach made it too easy. Laura Wolvaardt scored 60 runs off 47 balls and her opening partner Tazmin Brits scored 55 runs off 42 balls. It was an easy win for South Africa.

South Africa put on a stellar show with both bat and ball to make it four wins in a row at #CWC25 👊

As it happened in #SAvSL ➡️ https://t.co/gZOyeXMyVW pic.twitter.com/wYvISQzj9I

— ICC (@ICC) October 17, 2025