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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Indian women’s team register second win.

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 The Indian Women’s Cricket Team registered a comfortable 6-wicket win in the second Group match played at Newlands, Cape Town on 15 February 2023. West Indies captain Hayley Mathews won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start as Mathews went cheaply with a simple catch to Richa Ghosh off Pooja Vastkar. Campbell and experienced Taylor put the bad deliveries away for boundaries as Indian fielding looked ordinary. At the end of the first six overs, the West Indies women made 27 losing just 1 wicket. Campbell and Taylor kept showing intent in hitting boundaries. Deepti Sharma got two wickets in the same over dismissing both Campbell with lovely catch by Mandhana and then Taylor with a review for LBW. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out. Taylor and Campbell added 73 runs for 2 nd wicket. Chinelle Henry was run out as her bat was in the air trying to take a second run. Shabika Gajnabi and Nation provided some momentum for West Indi...

ICC T20 Women’s World Cup 2023: Sri Lankan women stun hosts in a thriller.

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 The first match of the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match saw Sri Lankan women stun South Africa in a thrilling encounter played at Newlands, Cape Town on 10 February. South African captain Sunne Luus won the toss and decided to field first. It was a cautious start by Lankan openers Harshita Samawickrama along with Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atthapthu. The left-handed Harshita tried to pressure South African bowlers with attacking shots but could not do it. At the end of the first six overs, the Sri Lankan women made 28 for 0. De Klerk got the breakthrough dismissing Harshita with a simple catch to Brits. Vishmi Gunaratne struggled with her timing while Chamari looked to attack the South African bowlers. After the short break, the Sri Lankan captain showed intent with boundaries at regular intervals. Gunaratne also joined the party with boundaries against Shabnim Ismail. Chamari completed half-century off 42 balls and upped the ante with brilliant shots. A superb direct hi...