Sri Lanka 208 (Gunaratne 58, Ramharack 3-26) beat West Indies 194 (Glasgow 50, Ranaweera 3-44, Kumari 3-38) by 14 runs
Deandra Dottin was given out obstructing the field as West Indies suffered their second narrow defeat as Sri Lanka clinched the ODI series 2-0.
In the 30th over, Dottin went for a sweep against Chamari Athapaththu, the ball slipped down the leg side and was called wide. But it ballooned off the pads of wicketkeeper Kaushini Nuthyangana back towards Dottin who tapped it away with her bat then caught the ball. Umpires Candace la Borde and Vrinda Rathi conferred and Dottin was given out.
It left West Indies 116 for 6 chasing 209 and they fell further to 146 for 8. However, Jannillea Glasgow nearly hauled them over the line with her second half-century in consecutive matches. She added 45 for the ninth wicket with Afy Fletcher, before she was last player dismissed, brilliantly held on the rebound at cover by Kavisha Dilhari.
Sri Lanka had produced some impressive pieces of fielding throughout the innings with Hasini Perera taking a sharp catch at slip to remove Chinelle Henry and Nilakshika Silva taking a brilliant catch at long-off from Shawnisha Hector’s lofted drive.
Vishmi Gunaratne‘s half-century had been the main contribution of Sri Lanka’s innings. A series of useful top-order partnerships had taken them to 166 for 4 in the 36th over before the last six wickets fell for 42 as Karishma Ramharack finished with 3 for 26.
