The Sri Lankan opener Vishmi Gunaratne went on to post 34 runs off 33 deliveries in the rain-affected game against South Africa in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on October 17 at Colombo.

Batting first, Vishmi Gunaratne and Chamari Athapathuthu went on to open the innings while Marizanne Kapp opened the bowling attack.

With Vishmi Gunaratne going out on a retired hurt for 12 runs, Chamari Athapaththu and Hasini Perera got dismissed by Klaas for 11 and 4 runs.

With Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari at the crease, the side went on to score 46 runs before rain interrupted the game.

Resming the game, Kavisha Dilhari lost her wicket for 14 runs, while Harshitha Samarawickrama scored 13 runs before being dismissed by Mlaba.

Malaba went on to bag the wicket of Nilakshi de Silva for 18 runs. With Anusha Sanjeewani sent on on a runout, Vishmi got dismissed by Mlaba on the last ball of the 20 over innings who posted 34 runs.

Sri Lanka went on to score 105 runs for 7 wickets in the 20 over innings. Mlaba went on to bag three wickets while Klaas completed her spell of 5 overs with 2 wickets.

Speaking on toss, Chamari Athapaththu said, “We decide to bat first. We had a good last game against New Zealand. We batted really good and that’s why we have decided to bat first.”

“We stick to our plans, we’ve been training hard, I hope we can play our best cricket today. Who’ll play good cricket on that particular day, that’s the most important thing,” added Chamari.

“We have good confidence because we have played really good cricket against South Africa in Sri Lanka and in South Africa as well. Now we are playing at home and we’ll stick with our plans. Same XI,” concluded Athapaththu.

Meanwhile, Laura Wolvaardt said, “Don’t mind (chasing), bit of rain around as well. It’s important to get used to the conditions. We’ll have to assess early with the ball. Probably hasn’t been our best tournament top order-wise. Three changes today. We have the offies coming in just for the left-handers.”

Sri Lanka Playing 11: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Piumi Wathsala Badalge, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera

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