23 February, 2020
Chamari Atapattu of Sri Lanka plays a shot during the women’s Twenty20 World Cup match against New Zealand in Perth yesterday. (AFP)
New Zealand won the opening game of the ICC Women’s World Cup match beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets yesterday in Australia.
Sri Lanka who batted first were restricted to 127 for seven in their allotted 20 overs as Chamari Atapattu was the best in batting for Sri Lanka scoring 41.
Chasing the target New Zealand found no difficulty in reaching it.
Chief scores:
Sri Lanka 127/7 (HM Perera 20, Chamari Atapattu 41, MA Sanjeevani 15, H Madavi 27)
New Zealand 131/3 (SFM Devine 75, ML Green 29)