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White Ferns: Bernie Bezuidenhout, Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, Maddy Green, Georgia Plimmer, Brooke Halliday, Lea Tahuhu, Molly Penfold, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakhi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Hansima Karunaratne, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoshi Priyadharshani
Bernie Bezuidenhout and Suzie Bates opened the batting for the New Zealanders, but once again the partnership was able to be broken early with Dilhari running out Bezuidenhout in the fifth over for four from 15 balls. Amelia Kerr joined Bates at the crease and the pair worked well together. At times during their partnership it did seem to be slow going, with some overs only going for a couple of runs. Just as Bates and Kerr were starting to settle in and up the White Ferns run rate, Kerr was bowled by Ranasinghe for 19 from 36. This left the White Ferns sitting at 55/2 after 17 overs. Captain Sophie Devine joined her longtime teammate, Bates at the crease. Over the years in the White Ferns, the pair have shared many good partnerships together. That would also be the case today, as they tried to resurrect the New Zealand innings, bringing up the 50 run partnership off 62 balls. Not long after, Bates also bought up her own 50 with it coming from 75 deliveries and included three fours. Sadly, just as the pair were settling in, rain hit the ground and caused the covers to be brought on. Following a long break, the White Ferns innings came to a close after 31 overs, with the score sitting at 127/2. Bates top scored with 63 from 87, and Devine chipped in with 38 from 48. Ranasinghe took the only bowling wicket.
The DLS target set for Sri Lanka was 196. Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne opened the batting for Sri Lanka, and Lea Tahuhu had the ball. She was able to strike in the first over, as Gunaratne hit a shot to Maddy Green, which gave Tahuhu the first wicket of the innings. Harshitha Samarawickrama joined Atapaththu at the crease, but the partnership between them didn’t last long as Devine removed Samarawickrama for 3. The White Ferns would have thought they were in with a good shot at winning the game, as they had Sri Lanka sitting at 6/2 after 3.3 overs. Unfortunately for the Kiwi’s nothing was going to go right from here on. Sri Lanka brought up the 50 runs inside the first 9 overs, and shortly after the 50 run partnership was brought up between Athapaththu and Nilakshi de Silva. Athapaththu brought up her 50 in only 30 runs, with 3 fours and 5 sixes coming in her knock. Sri Lanka seemed to be targeting the majority of the Kiwi spinner bowlers, including taking Eden Carson for 46 from her five overs. The pair were moving the score along quickly, with Athapaththu being the aggressor, contributing 77 runs from 38 balls in the 100 run partnership for the third wicket. As Athapaththu got closer to her century, the game was starting to swing in Sri Lanka’s favour, especially if the White Ferns wouldn’t work out a way to dismiss her. She finally reached her century from only 60 balls, with her knock including 10 fours and 7 sixes. Sri Lanka reached 150 runs just inside 22 overs, and they needed a further 46 from the next 7 overs. Athapaththu and de Silva were able to see Sri Lanka home, with 2.1 overs to spare and give them a 8 wicket win, this also meant they took out the ODI series 2-1. Athapaththu top scored with 140 and de Silva made 48. Tahuhu and Devine both took a wicket each.
Vincent Jones’ Player of the Match - Chamari Athapaththu
Vincent Jones’ Player of the Series - Chamari Athapaththu
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