Girls’s T20 World Cup 2026: Sri Lanka beat Scotland to maintain semi-final hopes alive

ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup, Group 2, Previous Trafford

Scotland 151-6 (20 overs): S Bryce 47* (33); Ayodhya 2-34

Sri Lanka 154-7 (19.5 overs): Athapaththu 33 (16); Fraser 2-25

Sri Lanka gained by three wickets

Scorecard; Desk

Sri Lanka saved their slim hopes of reaching a primary Girls’s T20 World Cup semi-final alive with a nail-biting three-wicket win over Scotland at Previous Trafford.

Set 152 to win after a late surge from Sarah Bryce and Ailsa Lister powered Scotland to a aggressive whole, Sri Lanka threatened to throw away a shiny begin, slumping from 57-1 to 78-4 and later 118-6, earlier than sneaking over the road with one ball to spare.

Sri Lanka, who transfer into third place with their third win of the match, want West Indies to lose closely to Eire and New Zealand to lose to England on Saturday to advance from Group 2 on internet run-rate.

Sri Lanka broke the again of their chase within the opening six overs, racing to 65-2 with Chamari Athapaththu taking Gabriella Fontenla’s solely over for 18 runs and Hasini Perera and Harshitha Samarawickrama each tucking into Katherine Fraser’s bowling.

Athapaththu’s departure within the closing over of the powerplay, bowled by Fraser for a free-scoring 33 (16), halted their momentum with no different batter capable of match her firepower.

Captain Kathryn Bryce struck twice to take away Perera and Samarawickrama, both facet of Fraser trapping Hansima Karunaratne lbw, earlier than Kirstie Gordon accounted for Kavisha Dilhari to go away Sri Lanka needing 34 runs off the ultimate 5 overs with 4 wickets in hand.

In a chaotic finale, Kaushani Nuthyangana smacked Rachel Slater for consecutive boundaries earlier than selecting out Lister at mid-off – whereas Nilakshi de Silva was dropped by Fontenla within the penultimate over.

With three runs required from three balls, Slater pulled up injured and was changed by Priyanaz Chatterji. Sugandika Dasanayaka slashed the penultimate ball of the innings for 4 to rescue the win for Sri Lanka.