{"id":183709,"date":"2026-06-21T15:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183709"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:35:32","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-west-indies-gets-past-sri-lanka-to-keep-semifinal-bid-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183709","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies gets past Sri Lanka to keep semifinal bid healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71130361\">The West Indies set up a showdown of unbeaten sides with England at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup after laboring past Sri Lanka by five wickets on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka was bowled out for 98 and the West Indies overhauled it in the 17th over on a spilled catch at midwicket.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies captain Hayley Matthews won the toss, chose to bowl first on a spinners\u2019 pitch, and removed the openers and Harshitha Samarawickrama in her first two overs. Matthews took 3-15 as six bowlers took wickets.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the powerplay, Sri Lanka was 23-4.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/harmanpreet-kaur-200-t20is-tribute-career-stats-captaincy-record-womens-t20-world-cup-record\/article71128409.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First to 200: The unstoppable march of Harmanpreet Kaur<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nilakshika Silva led Sri Lanka with 30, but when she was gone they went six overs without a boundary and suffered two run outs and a stumping.<\/p>\n<p>In the chase, Deandra Dottin should have been run out in the first over. Matthews ran herself out on 17 and Dottin exited on 12 in a powerplay of 36-2. The West Indies was reduced to 70-5 in the 12th over but Stafanie Taylor carried them home with 27 not out.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka compromised its cause by bowling wides, dropping catches, poor glovework and relays \u2014 the 23 extras were the second highest score on the West Indies board.<\/p>\n<p>The West Indies and England are three for three and meet on Wednesday at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa and India were playing the late match on Sunday in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-west-indies-beats-sri-lanka-semifinal-bid-points-table\/article71130361.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Indies set up a showdown of unbeaten sides with England at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup after laboring past Sri Lanka by five wickets on Sunday. Sri Lanka&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2282610629.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180626,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180626","url_meta":{"origin":183709,"position":0},"title":"West Indies beats Sri Lanka by five wickets to clinch T20 series","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Sherfane Rutherford reached his half-century in the last over of a dramatic run chase as West Indies completed a series-clinching five-wicket win with two deliveries to spare on Sunday in the third Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka. 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