In the 5th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Australia Women’s Cricket Team faced Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team on Saturday. Australia won this match by 6 wickets. With this, the Australian team has started the tournament with a win. Talking about the match, the Sri Lankan women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first.

In the 5th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Australia Women’s Cricket Team faced Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team on Saturday. In this match played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Australia defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets.

With this, the Australian team made a winning start to the World Cup. Megan Schutt was adjudged Player of the Match for her brilliant bowling. Megan bowled very economically. She took 3 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs.

Sri Lanka scored 93 runs In Women’s T20 World Cup 

Sri Lanka women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Sri Lanka team scored 93 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Nilakshi de Silva scored the highest unbeaten 29 runs. During this, she faced 40 balls.

Apart from her, Harshita Madavi scored 23 runs in 35 balls, wicketkeeper Anushka Sanjeevani scored 16 runs in 15 balls and Kavisha Dilhari scored 5 runs. Megan Schutt took the highest 3 wickets for Australia. Apart from her, Sophie Molineux took 2, and Ashley Gardner-Georgia Wareham took 1-1 wickets.

Target achieved by losing 4 wickets

In reply, the Australian cricket team achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 14.2 overs. Opener Beth Mooney scored an unbeaten 43 runs off 38 balls. She also hit 4 fours in her innings.

Captain Alyssa Healy scored 4 runs, Georgia Wareham scored 3 runs, Alice Perry scored 17 runs and Ashleigh Gardner scored 12 runs. Phoebe Litchfield remained unbeaten on 9 runs. For Sri Lanka, Udeshika Prabodhini, Inoka Ranaweera, and Sugandhika Kumari took 1-1 wickets.

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