The second ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup being played in Malaysia has seen a shocking result. Sri Lanka defeated Australia by a close margin of 12 runs in a match of Super Six played in Bangi. In this match with small score, no team could even touch the 100 figure, yet Sri Lanka won this match. Sri Lanka batting first and the entire team could score only 99 runs but he won the match by stopping Australia for just 87 runs.

Sri Lanka could score only 99 runs

Sri Lanka's innings had a strong start and for 7 overs, the team scored more than 40 runs without losing wickets. But after this, the team's innings started to falter. Sri Lanka got the first blow with the wicket of Sumudu Namanasala. He shared a 42 -run partnership with Sanjana Kavindi. Kavindi scored the highest 19 and Nisanasala scored 18 runs. Sri Lankan top-4 batsmen crossed the double figure but the rest of the batsmen could not do so. For Australia, Lily Besinthwite took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs.

This score was also heavy on Australia

After such a small score, hardly anyone would have expected that this goal would prove impossible for Australia but the same happened in the next 20 overs. Australia lost their first wicket in the second over and by the seventh over, the team had fallen 3 wickets, while the scoreboard had only 23 runs. From here, there was a strong partnership of 41 runs in 8 overs between Quimhe Bry and Ellenor Lorosa and the victory seemed confirmed but Australia lost 5 wickets in the next 6 overs, while they did not get opportunities to score runs and the team just losing 8 wickets Only 87 runs could be scored.

Still Australia in semi -finals

However, this time too, Australia has not had any effect as the team has already reached the semi -finals. Apart from Australia, the final 4 also stars India, England and South Africa. The first semi -finals will be played between Australia and South Africa, while in the second semi -finals defending champions India will face England. Both these semi -finals will be played on Friday 31 January. At the same time, the final of the tournament will be held on Sunday 2 February. Both semi -finals and final matches will be played in the capital Kualanpur.