Vishmi scores maiden ODI century against Ireland but of no avail as Ireland beat Sri lanka by 3 wickets with 4 balls to spare
Sri Lanka’s Vishmi Gunaratne today (Aug. 16) blasted her way into the record books after scoring her maiden ODI century during the 1st ODI played against Ireland in Belfast.
With this feat, she also became the first Sri Lankan female cricketer other than Chamari Athapaththu to score an ODI century.
Gunaratne smashed an impressive total of 101 in just 98 deliveries helping Sri Lanka to reach 260 for 8 wickets against Ireland at the end of 50 overs.But Ireland with an unbeaten 122 by Orla Prendagast were able to score 221 for 7 winning with four balls to spare to go up 1 nil in the three ODI match series
Sri Lanka Women (50 Ovs Maximum)
BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
Vishmi Gunaratne
c Paul b Kelly 101 98 117 9 3 103.06
Chamari Athapaththu (c)
c †Hunter b Prendergast 0 1 3 0 0 0.00
Harshitha Samarawickrama
b Dalzell 19 28 30 4 0 67.85
Hasini Perera
c Prendergast b Dalzell 46 72 110 1 1 63.88
Kavisha Dilhari
c Maguire b Tector 16 22 22 1 0 72.72
Nilakshika Silva
c Forbes b Kelly 13 20 28 1 0 65.00
Anushka Sanjeewani †
c Lewis b Prendergast 17 22 32 1 0 77.27
Sachini Nisansala
not out 17 18 31 1 0 94.44
Sugandika Kumari
c & b Prendergast 18 13 15 3 0 138.46
Achini Kulasuriya
not out 3 6 5 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 7) 10
TOTAL
50 Ov
(RR: 5.20)
260/8
Did not bat:
Udeshika Prabodhani
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chamari Athapaththu, 0.4 ov), 2-35 (Harshitha Samarawickrama, 7.6 ov), 3-157 (Vishmi Gunaratne, 30.2 ov), 4-186 (Kavisha Dilhari, 36.2 ov), 5-191 (Hasini Perera, 37.1 ov), 6-216 (Nilakshika Silva, 42.4 ov), 7-223 (Anushka Sanjeewani, 44.5 ov), 8-254 (Sugandika Kumari, 48.4 ov)
BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB
Orla Prendergast
8 0 25
3
3.12 3 0
Alana Dalzell
8 1 37
2
4.62 2 0
Alice Tector
8 0 49
1
6.12 1 0
Jane Maguire
7 0 40 0 5.71 1 0
Arlene Kelly
9 1 42
2
4.66 0 0
Freya Sargent
10 0 64 0 6.40 0 0
Ireland Women (T: 261 Runs From 50 Ovs)
BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
Sarah Forbes
lbw b Nisansala 30 46 56 3 0 65.21
Gaby Lewis (c)
b Kulasuriya 9 24 25 1 0 37.50
Amy Hunter †
c Kulasuriya b Dilhari 42 45 62 4 0 93.33
Orla Prendergast
not out 122 107 123 10 2 114.01
Leah Paul
c Madavi b Dilhari 7 12 15 1 0 58.33
Rebecca Stokell
b Prabodhani 19 26 25 0 0 73.07
Arlene Kelly
c & b Dilhari 12 22 24 0 0 54.54
Alice Tector
c Athapaththu b Dilhari 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Jane Maguire
not out 7 14 21 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 1, nb 2, w 10) 13
TOTAL
49.2 Ov
(RR: 5.29)
261/7
Did not bat:
Alana Dalzell,
Freya Sargent
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Gaby Lewis, 7.2 ov), 2-69 (Sarah Forbes, 15.4 ov), 3-116 (Amy Hunter, 25.1 ov), 4-138 (Leah Paul, 29.1 ov), 5-180 (Rebecca Stokell, 36.5 ov), 6-211 (Arlene Kelly, 43.2 ov), 7-211 (Alice Tector, 43.4 ov)
BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB
Udeshika Prabodhani
10 0 47
1
4.70 1 0
Achini Kulasuriya
6 1 24
1
4.00 0 0
Sugandika Kumari
6 0 45 0 7.50 3 0
Chamari Athapaththu
7.2 0 46 0 6.27 0 0
Sachini Nisansala
10 0 44
1
4.40 3 0
Kavisha Dilhari
10 1 54
4
5.40 2 2
