Sri Lanka keep slim World Cup hopes alive with four wickets in Bangladesh’s final over https://ift.tt/CYt0jim Agence France-Presse Sri Lanka, 202, beat Bangladesh, 195-9, by seven runs Bangladesh needed nine runs from final over to win Sri Lanka snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to record their first win of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, edging out Bangladesh by seven runs in a nerve-jangling finish in Navi Mumbai on Monday. With Bangladesh cruising and only nine needed off the final over with five wickets in hand, having mustered just three runs off the penultimate over, the captain, Chamari Athapaththu, took the ball herself and turned the game on its head. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/U3rymaS October 20, 2025 at 10:09PM

• Sri Lanka, 202, beat Bangladesh, 195-9, by seven runs

• Bangladesh needed nine runs from final over to win

Sri Lanka snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to record their first win of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, edging out Bangladesh by seven runs in a nerve-jangling finish in Navi Mumbai on Monday.

With Bangladesh cruising and only nine needed off the final over with five wickets in hand, having mustered just three runs off the penultimate over, the captain, Chamari Athapaththu, took the ball herself and turned the game on its head.

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