ICC WOMEN’S WC
Match Today
SL v BAN | AT 3:00PM
Navi Mumbai, Oct 19: With their Women’s World Cup campaign in disarray, Sri Lanka will hope for some respite as they seek maiden win in the tournament when they take on another struggling outfit in Bangladesh, here on Monday.
Like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka have two points in their account but both of those were earned in washed out matches. Three defeats in five matches have kept the World Cup co-hosts on the penultimate spot in the eight-team competition.
Bangladesh have fared a tad better given their win against the bottom-placed Pakistan had helped them open their account in the points table, but despite running the other formidable teams such as South Africa and England close, they could not get over the line.
Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in a desperate situation of keeping their hopes alive of making the semifinals. It will also depend on other results to go their way if they win each of their remaining two matches.
None of the eight teams are out of the race for the semifinals yet, in which two spots have been booked by Australia and South Africa and there are three teams placed above – India, England and New Zealand – who have better chances of making the final four.
Sri Lanka would be particularly pleased moving out of the rain-hit Colombo where two of their matches were washed out, with incessant rains taking away any possibility of Chamari Athapaththu’s side using the home advantage as six of their seven matches were scheduled at the R Premadasa Stadium.While there is no imminent rain threat here, the weather will remain hot and humid for the day-night match. (PTI)
