Sri Lanka W vs New Zealand W: The fifteenth match of the World Cup 2025 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand women’s team was played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Batting first, Sri Lanka set a target of 259 runs in 50 overs.
SL W vs NZ W, Women’s World Cup 2025: The 15th match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Colombo. Rain wreaked havoc on this match, due to which only half the game was possible. This match was very important from the point of view of both the teams, but the rain had other plans, due to which the match got cancelled. The day’s play started at the scheduled time. Batting first, Sri Lanka had set a good target of 259 runs for the New Zealand women’s team. In response, rain entered and the match could not be completed.
Sri Lanka women’s team batted brilliantly
The Sri Lankan captain won the toss and decided to bat first at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo as his team had not been able to chase in the previous matches. However, this decision proved to be correct and the Sri Lankan batsmen performed well and scored 258 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Neelakshi de Silva scored the fastest half-century of Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. He scored 55 runs in 28 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. At the same time, captain Chamari Atpatt also played an excellent inning of 53 runs. Vishmi Gunaratne contributed 42 runs and Hasini Perera contributed 44 runs.
There was no edge in the bowling of New Zealand women’s team
New Zealand team’s bowling did not show much edge in the match against Sri Lanka. However, captain Sophie Devine took maximum 3 wickets but gave away 54 runs in 9 overs. Apart from him, Bri Ealing also took 2 wickets for 39 runs in 7 overs. 1 wicket went to the account of Rosemary Mer. Amelia Kerr remained economical. Gave 40 runs in 10 overs. But did not take the wicket.
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Rain did not give New Zealand a chance to bat
In reply, New Zealand had a target of 259 runs in 50 overs and had 10 wickets in hand. But, rain suddenly came after the innings break. Stopped and came back several times. Umpires were also seen continuously inspecting the field. Due to heavy rain, even 20 overs play was not possible, due to which New Zealand players had to be content with bowling only.
One point shared between both the teams
After the match was washed out due to rain, Sri Lanka women’s team and New Zealand women’s team have got 1-1 points. With this, the Sri Lankan team has opened its points account in this tournament and is placed at seventh position in the points table. So far, there have been 3 defeats in 4 matches, while one got cancelled. At the same time, New Zealand is placed at fifth position with 3 points in 4 matches due to 1 win, 2 losses and 1 cancellation.
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