{"id":13160,"date":"2025-10-21T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sri-lanka-edge-bangladesh-in-a-thrilling-icc-womens-world-cup-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:13","slug":"sri-lanka-edge-bangladesh-in-a-thrilling-icc-womens-world-cup-clash","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sri-lanka-edge-bangladesh-in-a-thrilling-icc-womens-world-cup-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka edge Bangladesh in a thrilling ICC Women\u2019s World Cup clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka held on to defend a modest total of 202, narrowly defeating Bangladesh by seven runs in a pulsating International Cricket Council (ICC) Women\u2019s World Cup encounter on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s chase got off to a shaky start. Opener Runya Haider was dismissed in the first over, and Fargana Hoque fell to a run out in a calamitous mix-up. Sobhana Mostary\u2019s lofted shot was caught at deep mid-wicket, leaving Bangladesh struggling at 44 for three.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The visitors staged a spirited recovery with a patient 82-run partnership between Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana. After Akhter\u2019s dismissal, Shorna Akter carried the innings, bringing Bangladesh tantalisingly close with just 27 runs required from 25 balls and six wickets in hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With 12 needed from the final over, Bangladesh\u2019s hopes collapsed. Sugandika Kumari bowled a miserly penultimate over, conceding only three runs and taking a crucial wicket. Chamari Athapaththu then delivered a stunning final over, claiming four wickets including a run out from a direct hit, sealing the win for Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh had started brightly, taking an early wicket with the first ball of the match when Marufa Akter trapped Vishmi Gunaratne LBW, confirmed after a review.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13161,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13160","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sri Lanka held on to defend a modest total of 202, narrowly defeating Bangladesh by seven runs||Sri Lanka held on to defend a modest total of 202, narrowly defeating Bangladesh by seven runs","published_date":"2025-10-21 13:28:49||2025-10-21 13:28:49","news_description":"Sri Lanka held on to defend a modest total of 202, narrowly defeating Bangladesh by seven runs||Sri Lanka held on to defend a modest total of 202, narrowly defeating Bangladesh by seven runs","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18412,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13160\/revisions\/18412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}