ICC Women's World T20: Siriwardana powers SL to crushing victory over Bangladesh

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November 15, 2018

Saint Lucia, Nov 15: Shashikala Siriwardana's all-round performance helped Sri Lanka to register their first win in the Women World T20, as they crushed Bangladesh by 25 runs in the 11th match of the tournament here at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet on Wednesday.

Chasing a paltry total of 98 runs, Bangladesh bundled out for 72 runs in 20 overs.
Bangladesh got off to a bad start as they lost their two wickets in a very first over. They never looked in chase and kept losing their wickets at regular intervals. 

Except Nigar Sultana Joty (20), no one could show any resistance. Their eight batters could not manage to score in two-digits.

Chamari Athapaththu took three wickets in three overs, she conceded 17 runs, while Siriwardana bagged two wickets in four overs, conceded just 10 runs.

Earlier in the day, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field first.

Sri Lanka got off to a bad start as their opener Yashoda Mendis was clean bowled by Jahanara Alam on a very first ball of the match.

After adding 23 runs with Dilani Manodara, Hasini Madushika (9) gave a cath to Salma Khatun off Khadiza-Tul Kubra.

Captain Chamari Athapaththu (12) and Manodara (16) got good start, but failed to convert those in big innings.

However, former captain Shashikala Siriwardana, who came at Number five, kept the score board moving.

Siriwardana got good support from Nilakshi Damayanthi (12) and Eshani Lokusooriyage (9).

Siriwardana was clean bowled by Jahanara Alam for 31. 

In the stipulated 20 overs, Sri Lanka scored 97 runs for the loss of seven wickets.

Jahanara Alam took three wickets in her four over quota, conceded 21 runs.While Khadiza-Tul Kubra, Fahima Khatun and Rumana Ahmed bagged one wicket each.

Bangladesh, who have lost all three of their games so far, play South Africa in their last game of the group stage. Sri Lanka next play the Windies on 16 November.

This is Sri Lanka's first victory in the tournament, and now, they are on the second position in Group-A with three points.

Siriwardana named Player of the Match.

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New Delhi, Jun 2: Manchester United's Paul Pogba on Monday paid tribute to George Floyd, stressing that violent acts of racism can no longer be tolerated and they have to stop.

Pogba took to Instagram to write: "During the past few days I have thought a lot about how to express my feelings about what happened in Minneapolis. I felt anger, pity, hatred, indignation, pain, sadness."

"Sadness for George and for all black people who suffer from racism Every day! Whether in football, at work, at school, Anywhere! This has to stop, once and for all! Not tomorrow or the next day, it has to end today! Violent acts of racism can no longer be tolerated," he added.

Protests erupted in Minneapolis and other US cities on Tuesday after Floyd, an African-American man, died following his arrest by the four officers.

A viral video showed a police officer, Derek Chauvin, pinning 46-year-old Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nearly eight minutes. Floyd died at a local hospital shortly thereafter.

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April 8,2020

London, Apr 8: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has raised more than 65,000 pound (USD 80,000) to help fight the coronavirus by auctioning off his World Cup final shirt.

Buttler's shirt, which he wore when completing the last-ball run-out that saw England beat New Zealand at Lord's last year, was sold to raise money for specialist heart and lung centres provided by the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals in London.

Buttler, who earlier in the showpiece match had hit a fifty and batted in the Super Over, put his long-sleeve keeping jersey up for sale on eBay a week ago.

By the time the auction closed on Tuesday, the shirt had attracted 82 bids with the winner paying 65,100 pound.

Buttler, speaking on Monday, said: "It's a very special shirt but I think it takes on extra meaning with it being able to hopefully go to the emergency cause.

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February 10,2020

Potchefstroom, Feb 10: India's under-19 cricket team manager Anil Patel says the ICC has taken a serious view of the aggressive celebrations by Bangladesh players after their World Cup triumph and will be reviewing the footage of the final game's "last few minutes".

Some Bangladeshi players got carried away while celebrating their historic three-wicket win over India in the final on Sunday. While their captain Akbar Ali apologised for the "unfortunate incident", his Indian counterpart Priyam Garg said their reaction was "dirty".

"We don't know what actually happened," Patel told 'ESPNCricinfo' on Sunday.

"Everybody was in a shock, absolutely, but we don't know what happened exactly. The ICC officials are going to watch the footage of the last few minutes and they are going to let us know," he said.

Even when the match was on, the Bangladesh players were overly aggressive while fielding and their lead pacer Shoriful Islam sledged the Indian batsmen after every delivery.

As soon as the match ended, it became tense with Bangladeshi players rushing to the ground and displaying aggressive body language. The two teams nearly came to blows before the situation was defused by the coaching staff and on-field officials.

Patel claimed that match referee Graeme Labrooy met him and expressed regret at what transpired on the field.

"The referee came to me. He was sorry about the incident. He clarified the ICC is going to take very seriously what has happened during the match and the last session. They are going to witness the footage and they will tell us in the morning (Monday)."

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