Welcome to the highlights of our coverage of Sri Lanka's second group-stage game at the Women's Asia Cup T20 2024. Chamari Athapaththu and Co had registered an easy seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in their opener, and followed it up with a 144-run pasting of Malaysia. Catch the highlights and ball-by-ball commentary from the SL-W vs MAL-W match, right here. (Streaming | Full Coverage)
Chasing a target of 185 runs, Malaysia were bowled out for just 40 runs in 19.5 overs. Elsa Hunter was the only batter to get to double digits among the visitors. Shashini Gimhani was the pick of the Lankan bowlers, producing figures of 3-9 off four overs.
Powered by captain Chamari Athapaththu's unbeaten century (119 not out off 69 balls), Sri Lanka had posted a 184-run total in their 20 overs.
Earlier, Athapaththu won the toss and decided to bat first. Athapaththu said she is very confident in the batting unit. "We don't want too much pressure; we keep it simple."
The home team made four changes in its playing XI.
Winifred Duraisingam, the Malaysia captain, said she would have batted first herself. Nur Izzatul Syafiqa will be making her debut.
Playing XIs
Sri Lanka Women: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Ama Kanchana, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Kawya Kavindi, Sachini Nisansala, Shashini Gimhani.
Malaysia Women: Winifred Duraisingam (c), Wan Julia (wk), Elsa Hunter, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Aina Najwa, Amalin Sorfina, Suabika Manivannan, Aisya Eleesa, Dhanusri Muhunan, Nur Izzatul Syafiqa.
With the win, Sri Lanka are now on top in Group B. Malaysia lie at the bottom of the group and are virtually out of the competition with back-to-back defeats.
