Sri Lanka defeats the Bangladeshi side to maintain their tournament hopes ongoing

ICC Women's World Cup, Navi Mumbai

The Lankan team 202 (48.4 overs): Perera 85 (99); Shorna Akter 3-27

Bangladesh 195-9 (50 overs): Joty 77 (98); Athapaththu 4-42

Sri Lanka win by seven runs margin

The Lankan cricket team secured four crucial dismissals in the final over to seal a thrilling win over their opponents and keep their narrow aspirations of making it for the World Cup semi-finals ongoing.

Needing a modest score of 203 on a batting-friendly pitch in Navi Mumbai, Bangladesh needed nine runs from the last six bowls.

Nevertheless, Sri Lanka captain Athapaththu took three crucial wickets in four balls and de Silva ran out Nahida to achieve a exciting win for Sri Lanka.

The victory – Sri Lanka's initial of the tournament after three losses and two no-results against Australia and New Zealand – moves them tied on four match points with the Indian team and New Zealand, who confront each other on the coming Thursday.

The Bangladeshi team, in contrast, endured a fifth consecutive defeat since securing victory in their first match against Pakistan and have been knocked out.

While Bangladesh got off to the excellent commencement, with Marufa Akter striking with the initial ball of the encounter to send back Gunaratne, they were appropriately punished for a disappointing fielding display.

They provided reprieves to Perera, who was missed on three occasions, and the Lankan captain.

Although the Sri Lankan skipper could not capitalise, removed lbw for 46 a single bowl after being dropped by Rabeya Khan, Hasini Perera forced the opposition suffer.

She scored a first international fifty, accumulating 85 from 99 balls and contributing to an significant 74-run stand fifth-wicket association with De Silva.

Bangladesh, led by Shorna's 3-27, fought themselves back in the contest, with De Silva's dismissal in the 34th innings segment causing a Lankan batting collapse from 174 for four to 202 complete.

In reply, Sri Lanka's starting bowlers Madara and Prabodhani restricted Bangladesh to 23-1 in a lacklustre initial phase and they were subsequently reduced to 44 for three.

Sharmin Akter and Nigar Sultana Joty restored their batting effort, adding 82 runs for the fourth wicket collaboration before Sharmin withdrew due to injury for a stubborn 64 in the 36th over.

It was in favor of the chasing team approaching the remaining two innings segments, with just 12 runs required.

However, Dasanayaka dismissed Ritu and conceded just three scoring runs before the captain's dramatic spell, with Rabeya Khan, Nahida, captain Joty and Marufa Akter all removed as Sri Lanka snatched the win at the death.

In the end, it was a contest of nerve. The very experienced Lankan captain, who directed away a few of teammates as she got ready to deliver the decisive over, maintained her composure. The opposition failed to.

There will be numerous doubts about Bangladesh's batting performance. They might well have been chasing around 270-280 with Sri Lanka looking at ease on 159 with four wickets down in the 30th bowling phase, but in contrast the target was significantly less.

Yet, Bangladesh showed little intent from the start, accumulating runs at under 2.5 scoring rate during the powerplay, experiencing a initial wicket loss, and eventually leaving themselves overwhelming to accomplish.

But whatever difficulties there are with their batting approach, if they had seized their catches in the fielding department, that 203 total objective would have been significantly less.

It needed them three attempts to break the 72-run partnership second-wicket collaboration, with wicketkeeper Nigar Sultana being unable to take a difficult catch as wicketkeeper to send back Hasini Perera on 23 runs before the captain was spared from a caught and bowled chance possibility against Rabeya.

Perera was dropped further on 55 and 63, the latter chance traveling directly to Jhilik at cover field, before finally being given out lbw by Shorna as she attempted to increase the tempo with partners getting out beside her.

Subsequently in the game, there was furthermore a missed stumping and a run-out opportunity lost, while the run-out chance was a little unlucky, with Rubya Haider substituting with the keeping duties due to an physical problem to Joty.

Regrettably for the team, such fielding woes are not at all a single occurrence. They've missed 14 opportunities from a available 27 chances at this competition and have the poorest fielding effectiveness (less than 50%) of the participating teams.

They are a team who are overall heading in the correct path – they are competing in just their second one-day World Cup ultimately – but poor fielding standards is a obvious problem which needs improvement.