da dobrowin： Uttar Pradesh’s women cricketers maintained their unbeaten record inSri Lanka with an exciting five run victory over a Young Women’s XI atthe Colts Club in Colombo on Thursday
Charlie Austin21-Apr-2000Uttar Pradesh’s women cricketers maintained their unbeaten record inSri Lanka with an exciting five run victory over a Young Women’s XI atthe Colts Club in Colombo on Thursday.In scorching heat, the Young Women XI made the surprise decision tofield first after winning the toss. They may well have thought thatthey had made the correct decision at the half way stage, afterbowling out UP for just 116. However the tourists had defended a lowtotal on Tuesday and they repeated the trick again, by bowling outtheir opponents for just 111 in 45 overs.Having been put into bat, the mainstays of the Uttar Pradesh inningswere the opener, Priyanka Shally, with a breezy 22 off 34 balls (Shewas the top scorer in the last match with a fine 34), and Rahul Singhwith a not out 26. Apart from these contributions none of the batsmengot to grips with the bowling and wickets fell at regular intervalsthroughout the innings. Wasanthi and Janakanthi were the pick of thebowlers for the Sri Lankans, both picking up three wickets.In reply, the Sri lankan openers made a positive reply, putting on 26for the first wicket. When the second wicket partnership took thescore to 48, the visitors must have feared the worst. However this UPside appears to never give up. Once again it was the mid-inningsbowlers that did the damage, Rahul Singh following her fine battingwith a match winning 4-24 off her allotted 10 overs.When the ninth wicket fell with the score on 99, UP believed that theywere home and dry. However a nail biting last wicket stand edged theSri Lankans towards their target before Preethi Dimri took the lastwicket and UP had squeezed home again.