The West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets with just two balls to spare in a see-sawing low-scoring thriller, late on Wednesday, at ICC Women's World T20 Warm-ups, in South Africa.
Sri Lanka stuttered on their way to posting 107 all out from their 20 overs, with only Nilakshi Silva able to deliver with the bat.
Silva arrived with Sri Lanka two for 29 after 5.2 overs, scoring 29 off 26 balls to help steer her side to a modest total.
Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kaveesha Dilhari each made 16 but seven scores under double figures, including for captain Chamari Athapaththu, continued to halt their progress.
After taking three for 17 with the ball, captain Hayley Matthews gave the West Indies the perfect batting platform with a fifty before she was run out by some brilliant glovework from Anushka Sanjeewani.
The Windies then slipped to five for 76 before Chinelle Henry steered her side home alongside Afy Fletcher.
Chief scores:
Sri Lanka 107 all out in (20) (Nilakshi Silva 29, Harshitha Samarawickrama 16; Hayley Matthews 3/17, Afy Fletcher 2/13)
West Indies:111/6 in (19.4) (Hayley Matthews 46)
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