Chamari Atapattu
Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket team’s young batsman Vishmi Gunaratne has created history by scoring a brilliant century in the ODI match against Ireland. 18-year-old Vishmi completed the first century of her career playing just 16 ODIs and became the second Sri Lankan women cricketer to do so. She scored 101 runs in 98 balls, which included three sixes and nine fours. Vishmi Gunaratne completed her century in the 31st over of Sri Lanka’s innings. She touched the 100-run mark by hitting a four off Ireland bowler Arlene Kelly. However, she was caught out on the very next ball. Despite this, her brilliant performance was a proud moment for Sri Lankan women’s cricket.
Chamari got out on a duck in the historic match
Let us tell you that this was a big day for Sri Lanka cricket because before this only Chamari Atapattu had scored a century in women’s cricket for Sri Lanka. Chamari has scored a total of 12 centuries for Sri Lanka and now Vishmi Gunaratne’s century was the 13th century for the team. Vishmi Gunaratne came to open with Chamari Atapattu in this match. Chamari Atapattu got out without opening the account in this historic match for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka innings
Sri Lanka started their innings a bit slow, and lost the first two wickets quickly. After the team’s score was 35/2, Vishmi shared a crucial 122-run partnership with Hasini Perera and rescued the team from a difficult situation. The Sri Lankan team scored 260 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. Recently, there was a two-match T20 series between Sri Lanka and Ireland, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Being the first match of this ODI series, both teams will try their best to win. The Sri Lankan team is also ready to perform well in the second ODI to be held on August 18.
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