Sri Lanka women 221 for 7 (Manodara 84, Baig 3-41) beat Pakistan women 206 (Abidi 57, Gunaratne 4-41) by 15 runs
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Dilani Manodara struck a career-best 84 off 111 balls © Getty/ICC
Pakistan flirted with their first victory in 14 World Cup matches several times over the course of the action in Leicester. They had Sri Lanka at 98 for 5 in the 27th over but somehow let them scramble to 221. Then, in the chase, they were 134 for 4 with a well-set Nain Abidi finding the boundaries at will. But she would be run-out – the result of a mix up with her captain Sana Mir – as self-inflicted wounds eventually led to a defeat most agonising. They needed a 16 runs in 21 balls when their last wicket fell.
Watching the chaos unfold from behind the wicket was Dilani Manodara. Thirty-four years old, and so perhaps playing her last World Cup game, she couldn’t have hoped for more as she first resurrected Sri Lanka’s innings with a career best 84 off 111 balls and then savoured a hard-fought victory – the only one her team will take home.
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