This Day That Year: Chamari Atthapatu plays one of the finest innings in women's ODI

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The Sri Lankan captain was at her best as she played one of the finest in women’s ODI cricket against Australia during the 2017 Women’s World Cup at County Ground, Bristol on 29th June.

Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Ellyse Perry got the early breakthrough as she dismissed Nipuni Hansika in the very first over itself. 

Chamari Atthapatu came to the crease and took a few balls to settle. After settling in, the captain took the attack to Australian bowlers with aggressive stroke play. As wickets fell at regular intervals, the explosive batter played with intent to reach her fifty off 61 balls.

Sri Lanka kept lost wickets at regular intervals before Chamari took the charge and put the pressure back on Australian bowlers. She looked in sensational touch to reach his 3rd ODI century off 106 balls. After completing her century, the captain upped the ante with superb stroke play and made the batting look at ease. She and Lokusuriage added 60 runs for the 7th wicket. Chamari continued her attacking stroke play hitting big shots and completed her 150 off 131 balls. The Sri Lankan captain led from the front as remained not out on 178 off 143 balls with 22 fours and 6 sixes. Her knock helped Sri Lanka post 257 for 9 in 50 overs.

Despite her brilliance, Meg Lanning played a captain knock by remaining not out on 152 off 139 balls with 19 fours and 1 six helping Australia cruise to a comfortable 8 wickets with 37 balls to spare. Beth Mooney was dismissed cheaply but Lanning and Nicole Bolton put on 133 runs for the 2nd wicket. The experienced duo of Lanning and Perry did the job brilliantly to lead Australia to a comfortable win.

Right now, it is the fourth highest induvial score by a batter in women’s ODI. For her sensational knock, Chamari was awarded the player of the match.

Sri Lankan women 257 for 9 in 50 overs ( Chamari Atthapathu 178*, Siriwardene 24, Beams 2/49, Bolton 2/18) beat Australian women 262 in 43.5 overs ( Meg Lanning 152*, Weerakoddy 1/39) by 8 wickets.

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This Day That Year: Chamari played one of the finest knocks in women's ODI history during 2017 Women's World Cup match against Aus 


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