Shashikala Siriwardena produced the perfect swansong to her international career by taking four wickets in Sri Lanka’s ICC Women’s T20 Worl...
Shashikala Siriwardena produced the perfect swansong to her international career by taking four wickets in Sri Lanka’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup victory over Bangladesh.
Siriwardena’s World Cup best and Achini Kulasuriya’s 2/19 saw Bangladesh slip up in their final match of the tournament. Hasini Perera’s 39 not out helped to seal Sri Lanka’s first victory by nine wickets with 27 balls to spare.
Siriwardena’s figures were the best in the tournament to date in her final international match, with her 4/16 a memorable farewell after 17 years of service to Sri Lankan cricket.
Shashikala Siriwardena takes career-best #T20WorldCup figures of 4/16 in her final international match 👌
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) March 2, 2020
What a way to bow out! #SLvBAN 📽️📝 https://t.co/qIyERA69L7 pic.twitter.com/c47W0RAgaj
She started her swansong just as she would have hoped, removing Murshida Khatun for three when Hasini Perera caught the opener off a top edge.
Her replacement Sanjida Islam (13) didn’t last long as Kulasuriya took a wicket on the first ball of her spell before trapping Ayasha Rahman (6) lbw to finish her first over with figures of two for two.
Held at 26/3 at the end of the Powerplay, Bangladesh struggled to find any rhythm with the bat as Nigar Sultana Joty (39) and Fargana Hoque Pinky (13) could only take the...
