UP women continue winning streak
The tour by the Uttar Pradesh's women cricketers to Sri Lanka is turning out to be a successful one
Charlie Austin
25-Apr-2000
The tour by the Uttar Pradesh's women cricketers to Sri Lanka is
turning out to be a successful one. They have now won three matches
out of three, with one abandoned due to heavy rain. At the NCC Grounds
in Colombo on Monday, they defeated a Colts CC XI by 71 runs.
Unlike the other two games, which were really tense affairs, UP ran
away with the match after batting first and scoring 130 in 40
overs. In the context of a low scoring tour, this was a large total,
certainly too much for this Colts side who were bundled out for just
59 in 35 overs.
Priyanka Shally continued her fine form this tour with a useful 21, an
innings that rescued the visitors who had slumped to 2-2 after having
been put in to bat by the home side. Her efforts were ably supported
by Shikha Jaingran, who went on to top score with 26. The pair put on
59 runs for the fourth wicket and effectively won the match for their
team. The pick of the bowlers was Hiroshini who finished with 3-16 off
her eight overs. Unfortunately for the Colts, her teammates were a
little too generous with the extras, donating the visitors a very
useful 30 runs.
In reply, the home side never looked like reaching the target. Indika
was the only batsmen to settle with a useful 20 runs but even she
found it difficult to cope with the bowling of Varsha Paphael who
picked up 5-9 off eight overs.