Document photograph of Lasith Malinga© AFP
Sri Lankan year legend Lasith Malinga on Thursday congratulated the nationwide senior girls’s group for clinching a ancient line win in England. Sri Lanka girls’s group created historical past on Wednesday via recording their first-ever line conquer England in any structure. The ancient 2-1 line triumph got here courtesy of a dominant seven-wicket victory over Heather Knight’s aspect within the 3rd T20I in Derby. In his tweet, Malinga lauded the nature proven via the group led via Chamari Athapaththu.
“Congratulations to SL Women’s Cricket team for the historic series win against England Doing so in their own backyard makes it even more special The character Chamari & her team have shown throughout the past year is promising and it’ll do wonders for the Women’s game in SL,” tweeted Malinga.
Congratulations to SL Girls’s Cricket group for the ancient line win towards England
Doing so in their very own yard makes it much more particular
The nature Chamari & her group have proven during the presen past is promising and it’ll do wonders for the Girls’s sport in SL— Lasith Malinga (@malinga_ninety9) September 7, 2023
Coming to the fit, put to bat first, England used to be bundled out for simply 116 runs in 19 overs, with Maia Bouchier (23), Danielle Gibson (21) and wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones (20) serving to England save face.
Seven of England’s wickets fell to spin bowlers, which integrated SL skipper Chamari Athapaththu, who delivered an all-round masterclass with a 28-ball 44 and a witchery of three/21. Kavisha Dilhari, Udeshika Prabodhani ended with figures of two/16 each and every.
This efficiency raised alarm over England’s incapacity to play games spin as they went right down to Sri Lanka in the similar style in the second one T20I.
SL chased indisposed the whole with out a lot problems as Athapaththu (44 in 28 balls, 5 fours and two sixes) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (26 in 28 balls, one 4) guided the chase.
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