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Sri Lanka beat Ireland to stay in semi-final hunt
Women's T20 World Cup, Group 2, BristolIreland 130-5 (20 overs): Lewis 59, Tector 28*; de Silva 1-12Sri Lanka 134-1 (15.3 overs): Athapa
Summary
Chamari Athapaththu hit a superb unbeaten 106 as Sri Lanka cruised to a nine-wicket win against Ireland to keep their World Cup semi-final hopes alive. Ireland have now lost all 21 of their World Cup games and the bottom side finish their campaign against West Indies on Saturday.
What this story is about
People
- Chamari Athapaththu3
- Gaby Lewis3
- Rebecca Stokell2
- Imesha Dulani2
- Amy Hunter2
- Leah Paul2
- Lewis2
- Paul2
Organisations
- Bristol3
- Women's T20 World Cup2
- West Indies2
- Lions2
- ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026
- ICC Women's T20 World Cup
- Athapaththu
- Semi-Final
Places
- Sri Lanka3
- Ireland3
- Orla Prendergast2
- Athapaththu2
- Scotland2
- New Zealand
- Bristol
Keywords
- magnificent
- convincing
- century
- wickets
- tector
- thrash
- alive
- hopes
- keeps
- overs
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