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Women’s T20 World Cup: A dog fight win for SL in warm-ups

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Over at Coetzenburg, Stellenbosch, Ireland came agonisingly close to stealing victory from Sri Lanka at the University Ground on Monday, in large part to an outstanding late flurry from Arlene Kelly in second warm-up of the Women's World T20, in South Africa. 

Kelly (30 off 17) dragged the team from what seemed an impossible position at 104/7 with 5.2 overs left, though Ireland were bowled out in the final over for 147 when the all-rounder and Jane Maguire could not complete a single to put Kelly on strike. 

Earlier, Sri Lanka passed the hundred mark one wicket down and in quick time, with Harshitha Samarawickrama raising the bat for a half-century, and retired out soon after.

Samarawickrama lost Chamari Athapaththu (27 off 23), though found another worthy partner in Vishmi Gunaratne, who has carried her form from the Under-19 World Cup into senior warm-up action with a knock of 36.

Skipper Delany was the pick of the bowlers, claiming 3/20.

Gaby Lewis meanwhile looked in good form with the bat for Ireland, plundering seven boundaries in a score of 38 off just 24 balls, though runs were hard to come by for players at the other end. Laura Delany's 21 helped the cause, though Ranasinghe and company give little away.

She combined with Inoka Ranaweera to claim three wickets each, with Sugandika Kumari and Kaveesha Dilhari claiming one wicket each.

Chief scores:

SL: 149 for five (20) (Harshitha Samarawickrama 56 retired hurt, Vishmi Gunaratne 36, Eimar Richardson 1/26) beat

Ireland: 147 all out (19.5) (Gaby Lewis 38, Arlene Kelly 30, Oshadi Ranasinghe 3/22, Inoka Ranaweera 3/26)

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