Women's World Cup: Bangladesh's Shorna Akter takes three-fer against SL
What's the story
In a crucial ICC Women's World Cup match in Navi Mumbai on Monday, Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for a modest total of 202. The standout performer for Bangladesh was Shorna Akter, who took three wickets for just 27 runs in her 10 overs. Hasini Perera was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with a career-best score of 85 off 99 balls. Here are further details.
Downfall
Shorna breaks up crucial partnerships
Sri Lanka looked set for a big first-innings total but suffered a batting collapse, starting with Nilakshi de Silva's dismissal by Shorna. This ended a threatening 74-run fifth-wicket stand with Perera. SL-W were 174/5 when Shorna dismissed de Silva. And soon, they became 182/8. The 18-year-old right-arm spinner then took out Anushka Sanjeewani and Perera in her next two overs. She ended with a solid spell of 3/27 from 10 overs. It included 4 maidens.
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Shorna races to 10 wickets in WODIs
Shorna's 3/27 takes her to a tally of 6 wickets from six World Cup 2025 matches. She owns two three-fers. Overall in WODIs, she has bagged 10 wickets from 24 matches at 30.80.