RESULT
8th Match, Group B, Basseterre, May 08, 2010, ICC Women's World Twenty20
(20 ov, T:155) 107/8

NZ (W) won by 47 runs

Player Of The Match
50 (43)
suzie-bates
Report

New Zealand surge into semi-finals

New Zealand's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a comprehensive 47-run victory over Sri Lanka at Basseterre

Cricinfo staff
08-May-2010
New Zealand women 154 for 7 (Bates 50, Seneviratna 4-21) beat Sri Lanka women 107 for 8 by 47 runs
Scorecard
New Zealand's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a comprehensive 47-run victory over Sri Lanka at Basseterre.
After winning the toss and batting first, the mainstay of New Zealand's performance was the opener, Suzie Bates, whose aggressive 43-ball 50 set the tone for an imposing total of 154 for 7. In reply, Sri Lanka started brightly, adding 32 inside the first five overs, but lost momentum to finish well adrift on 107 for 8.
Bates and Aimee Watkins (20) added 54 for New Zealand's first wicket, before Sara McGlashan raised the tempo with two fours and two sixes in a 23-ball 31. At 112 for 4 with four overs remaining, Elizabeth Perry and Nicola Browne put the seal on a comprehensive performance with scores of 19 and 20, each from 12 balls.
The one Sri Lankan bowler to keep New Zealand in check was the seamer, Chamani Seneviratna, who claimed 4 for 21 in her four overs, including three in four balls at the very end of the innings. It wasn't, however, enough to keep Sri Lanka in the hunt. Chamari Atapattu made 21 from 14 balls and Suwini de Alwis 26 from 24, but only one other batsman managed double-figures.

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ICC Women's World Twenty20
Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
AUS-W33060.550
WI-W32140.167
ENG-W31220.900
SA-W3030-1.617
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
NZ-W33062.514
IND-W32141.422
SL-W3122-1.950
PAK-W3030-1.733