ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2009
India v Sri Lanka at Sydney
IND v SL, ICC WWC 2009: Mithali leads India to World Cup Super Stage
Mar 12, 2009
Mithali Raj stood tall amid the ruins as India edged out Sri Lanka by 35 runs to book a place in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women's World Cup cricket tournament at Sydney.
Opting to bat first in the Group B match at the Bankstown Oval, India slumped to 78 for seven before an unbeaten 59-run stand for the seventh wicket between former captain Mithali (75) and incumbent Jhulan Goswami (24) guided the side to 137 for seven, a total that looked far from imposing.
India had a disastrous start to their innings and by the sixth over, they had lost their two top-order batters to slump to 11 for two. Mithali, who had contributed 59 out of 169 against England, came to India's rescue once again and the fact that she hit just one four in her unbeaten 120-ball knock speaks volumes of her grit when wickets kept tumbling at the other end.
IND v SL, ICC WWC 2009: India Women 137-7 (50.0 overs) beat Sri Lanka Women 102 (44.2 overs) by 35 runs
India v Sri Lanka at Sydney
Scores
India Women won the toss and decided to bat
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137 for 7 (50.0 overs)
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102 all out (44.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Deshpande | c Galagedara | b Prabodhani | 17 |
47 | 0 | 0 |
| Chopra | lbw | b Prabodhani | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamini | run out | 1 |
10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raj | not out | 75 |
120 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roy | c Galagedara | b Kumarihami | 3 |
20 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhar | c Surangika | b Kumarihami | 1 |
15 | 0 | 0 |
| Malhotra | c Siriwardene | b de Alwis | 5 |
45 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharma | c Siriwardene | b de Alwis | 2 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
| Goswami | not out | 24 |
27 | 2 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3w 1b 4lb | 8 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 137 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Silva | c Sultana | b Roy | 21 |
58 | 1 | 0 |
| Kumarihami | lbw | b Sharma | 12 |
62 | 0 | 0 |
| Siriwardene | lbw | b Sultana | 4 |
17 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando | c and b | Sharma | 1 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaushalya | b Sultana | 20 |
29 | 2 | 0 | |
| de Alwis | c Goswami | b Sharma | 3 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Surangika | run out | 10 |
41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galagedara | st Deshpande | b Malhotra | 6 |
28 | 0 | 0 |
| Weerakkody | c Goswami | b Dhar | 9 |
13 | 1 | 0 |
| Fernando | not out | 1 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prabodhani | b Dhar | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 11w 4b | 15 | ||||
| Total | all out | 102 | (44.2 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: A R Craig, S S Prasad, D T Jukes
India Women: Deshpande (Wicket Keeper), Chopra, Kamini, Raj, Roy, Dhar, Malhotra, Sharma, Goswami (Captain), Kaur, Sultana
Sri Lanka Women: Silva, Kumarihami, Siriwardene (Captain), Fernando, Kaushalya, de Alwis, Surangika (Wicket Keeper), Galagedara, Weerakkody, Fernando, Prabodhani
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- Sat 7, March 2009: 1st Match, Group B - India v Pakistan at Bowral
- Sat 7, March 2009: 2nd Match, Group A - England v Sri Lanka at Canberra
- Sun 8, March 2009: 3rd Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand at Sydney
- Sun 8, March 2009: 4th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies at Newcastle
- Mon 9, March 2009: 5th Match, Group B - Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Canberra
- Tue 10, March 2009: 6th Match, Group A - Australia v South Africa at Newcastle
- Tue 10, March 2009: 7th Match, Group B - England v India at Sydney
- Tue 10, March 2009: 8th Match, Group A - New Zealand v West Indies at Sydney
- Thu 12, March 2009: 10th Match, Group B - England v Pakistan at Sydney
- Thu 12, March 2009: 11th Match, Group B - India v Sri Lanka at Sydney
- Thu 12, March 2009: 12th Match, Group A - New Zealand v South Africa at Bowral
- Thu 12, March 2009: 9th Match, Group A - Australia v West Indies at Sydney
- Sat 14, March 2009: 13th Match, Super Six Stage - Australia v India at Sydney
- Sat 14, March 2009: 14th Match, Super Six Stage - New Zealand v England at Sydney
- Sat 14, March 2009: 15th Match, Super Six Stage - West Indies v Pakistan at Sydney
- Sat 14, March 2009: 7th Place Playoff - South Africa v Sri Lanka at Sydney
- Mon 16, March 2009: 16th Match, Super Six Stage - Australia v Pakistan at Sydney
- Tue 17, March 2009: 17th Match, Super Six Stage - India vs New Zealand at Sydney
- Tue 17, March 2009: 18th Match, Super Six Stage - England v West Indies at Sydney
- Thu 19, March 2009: 19th Match, Super Six Stage - Australia v England at Sydney
- Thu 19, March 2009: 20th Match, Super Six Stage - India v West Indies at Sydney
- Thu 19, March 2009: 21st Match, Super Six Stage - New Zealand v Pakistan at Sydney
- Sat 21, March 2009: 3rd Place Playoff - India v Australia at Sydney
- Sat 21, March 2009: 5th Place Playoff - Pakistan v West Indies at Sydney
- Sun 22, March 2009: Final - England v New Zealand at Sydney