Sri Lanka 208 all out (Gunaratne 58, Harshitha 35; Ramharack 3-26) beat West Indies 194 all out (Glasgow 50, Campbelle 30; Kumari 3-3
by 14 runs
The West Indies suffered a 14-run loss to Sri Lanka in the second Women’s One Day International (ODI) at the St. George's National Stadium in Grenada on Sunday, with the visitors taking a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Despite a fine bowling display to dismiss Sri Lanka for 208, a repeat of Friday’s top-order failure left the Caribbean side on the losing end of another close contest.
In chase of the below-par target, Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph shared in a scrappy 30-run partnership to begin the West Indies chase. The pair fell in quick succession after Dewmi Vihanga had Matthews caught in the deep for a laboured 13 (33 balls) in the 10th over before Sugandika Kumari (3/3 accounted for Joseph for 16 (27 balls) in the 11th.
Stafanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle brought a sense of calm to the innings, putting on 44 runs (66 balls) for the third wicket. Chaos then ensued, beginning with the fall of Taylor (27) who strangled one down the leg-side in the 21st.
Taylor's wicket initiated a period where the West Indies lost 3 for 19 to be restricted to 93 for 5 in the 26th. The rebuild between Deandra Dottin and Jannillea Glasgow was short-lived.
They put on 23 runs for the 6th wicket before Dottin (13) was bizarrely given out for obstructing the field. Adjudged a leg-side wide, the ball ricocheted off the wicket-keeper and back in front of the wicket when Dottin used her bat to pop it further into the air before catching and subsequently returning it to Kaushini Nuthyangana behind the stumps.