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Unchanged Karachi Kings opt to bowl, Dale Steyn debuts in PSL
Toss Karachi Kings chose to bowl v Islamabad United
Looking to move out of fifth place in a six-team tournament, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim kept with conventional wisdom and opted to chase on a ground that is expected to be good for batting. He was also happy to field an unchanged XI even though they are coming off a 52-run thumping in their last game against Multan Sultans.
Islamabad United had big news after including Dale Steyn in their XI. The South African fast bowler will be making his debut in the Pakistan Super League with England batsman Dawid Malan making way. Considering that left them a batsman down, Islamabad had to bring in Rizwan Hussain for Amad Butt to keep their balance.
Karachi Kings 1 Babar Azam, 2 Sharjeel Khan, 3 Alex Hales, 4 Imad Wasim (capt), 5 Chadwick Walton (wk), 6 Cameron Delport, 7 Iftikhar Ahmed, 8 Mohammad Amir, 9 Umaid Asif, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Umer Khan
Islamabad United 1 Asif Ali, 2 Luke Ronchi, 3 Faheem Ashraf, 4 Colin Ingram, 5 Colin Munro, 6 Shadab Khan (capt), 7 Rizwan Hussain, 8 Musa Khan, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Ahmed Safi, 11 Rumman Raees
Tokyo 2020: Story of the Women’s Team Qualification
A total of 16 teams compete in Tokyo; six gained places by qualifying at continental competitions – Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania – a further nine by taking part in Gondomar, Portugal at the ITTF World Team Qualification tournament from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th January.
The one further place is allocated to the host nation Japan.
Egypt
Represented by Dina Meshref, Yousra Helmy and Farah Abdel-Aziz, Egypt recorded a 3-2 win against Nigeria’s Cecilia Akpan, Offiong Edem and Olufunke Oshonaike to secure their Tokyo place. Star of the show was Dina Meshref, she remained unbeaten throughout.
China
Yogyakarta: 15th – 22nd September
Never in danger throughout the tournament; at the final hurdle selecting Chen Meng, Liu Shiwen and Sun Yingsha, the Chinese trio recorded a 3-0 win against the Japanese selection formed by Miu Hirano, Kasumi Ishikawa and Hitomi Sato.
Germany
Minsk: 22nd – 29th June
Lining up alongside Han Ying and Shan Xiaona, Nina Mittelham replaced the unwell Petrissa Solja in the German team for the final against the Romanian trio comprising Daniela Monteiro-Dodean, Elizabeta Samara and Bernadette Szocs. A 3-0 result was the outcome.
Australia
Victoria: 6th December
An imposing display at the Oceania Team Qualification; Australia’s Michelle Bromley, Jian Fang Lay and Melissa Tapper recorded a 3-0 win against Fiji’s Carolyn Li, Grace Rosi Yee & Sally Yee. Australia has represented Oceania at the Olympic Games ever since the team events were introduced in 2008 in Beijing. It will be a sixth Olympic Games for Jian Fang Lay!
Brazil
Lima: 25th – 27th October
At the 2019 Latin America Team Qualification tournament, Brazil needed to be at their best to secure their places Tokyo 2020. Brazil represented by Bruna Takahashi, Caroline Kumahara and Jessica Yamada posted a 3-0 win against Puerto Rico’s Melanie Diaz, Adriana Diaz and Daniely Rios to secure their place in Tokyo. It will be an eighth consecutive Olympic Games appearance for the coach, Hugo Hoyama.
United States
Illinois: 5th October, 2019
Held in Rockford, Illinois, the United States were always favourites. Selecting Lily Zhang, Wu Yue and Liu Juan, they recorded a 3-0 win in the final against the Canadian outfit of Sophie Gauthier, Isabelle Xiong and Benita Zhou in the final.
Hong Kong China
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Facing Belarus as the final hurdle, Hong Kong China’s Lee Ho Ching, Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam prevailed against Daria Trigolos, Nadezhda Bogdanova and Viktoria Pavlovich. A 3-0 win was the end result.
Austria
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Austria selecting Liu Jia, Liu Yuan and Sofia Polcanova were in imperious form, guiding their country to an appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In the decisive contest against the Spanish outfit comprising Ana Garcia, Zhang Sofia-Xuan and Maria Xiao, they recorded a 3-1 win.
Poland
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Poland maintained their record of having qualified for the women’s event at every Olympic Games since the competition was introduced in 2008 in Beijing. In the decisive contest they overcame the Ukraine squad of Margaryta Pesotska, Ganna Gaponova and Tetyana Bilenko. A 3-1 win was the order of the day. Natalia Partyka now qualifies for both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games for an unprecedented fourth consecutive occasion.
DPR Korea
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
One of the early teams to secure tickets to Tokyo in Gondomar was the DPR Korea outfit formed by Kim Song I, Kim Nam Hae and Cha Hyo Sim. They beat Korea Republic’s team of Choi Hyojoo, Suh Hyowon and Shin Yubin 3-1 in the crucial round.
Singapore
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Recording a 3-2 win over the Netherlands team of Britt Eerland, Li Jie and Li Jiao; Feng Tianwei, Lin Ye and Yu Mengyu were the architects of the Tokyo reservation. Singapore has been ever present in the women’s team event at the Olympic Games. They were silver medallists in Beijing in 2008, bronze medallists in 2012 in London.
Hungary
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Beating the hosts is never easy; that is exactly what Hungary did against Portugal in Gondomar to successfully reach the Olympic Games. Despite being without their top player Georgina Pota, a star performance from Dora Madarasz followed by Maria Fazekas and Szandra Pergel against Shao Jieni, Luo Xue and Yu Fu meant a real upset was in order when they recorded the 3-1 win.
Romania
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
The the 2009 and 2012 European champions, Romania’s Elizabeta Samara and Daniela Dodean alongside Bernadette Szocs were made to dig deep by the Indian outfit made of Manika Batra, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee in Gondomar. Eventually, experience and class of the European squad persisted, as they won a five-match thriller 3-2 to achieve yet another showing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Chinese Taipei
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Cheng I-Ching was the commander in chief of the campaign in Portugal for Team Chinese Taipei. Cheng Hsien-Tzu and Chen Szu-Yu were the supports acts in a 3-0 win against the French team comprising Stéphanie Leouillete, Marie Migot and Yuan Jia Nan
Korea Republic
Gondomar: 22nd – 26th January
Korea Republic claimed the last remaining place in for Tokyo 2020. Selecting 15 year old Shin Yubin alongside Choi Hyojoo and Lee Eunhye; they recorded a 3-1 win against the French outfit comprising Stéphanie Leouillete, Marie Migot and Yuan Jia Nan.
Japan
Hosts of the Olympic Games 2020, Japan will be looking to make the support of their fans count in more than one way. The women’s team comprises of the top elite athletes in the sport in the guise of Kasumi Ishikawa, Miu Hirano, Mima Ito, Saki Shibata amongst others. In London they were silver medallists, in Rio de Janeiro the colour was bronze.
Liu Shiwen is one of the most successful of all in the history of the ITTF World Tour Qatar Open.
Notably, she has won the women’s singles title on three occasions, the only player who can match that record is her now retired colleague, Zhang Yining, the former Olympic and World champion; she won four times succeeding in 2005 and 2006, then once again in consecutive years in 2008 and 2009.
Only once did Zhang Yining lose in the final in Qatar, in 2002 she was beaten by compatriot Wang Nan.
However in terms of appearances in women’s singles finals, Liu Shiwen goes one better. In addition to winning in 2011, 2016 and 2018; she was also the runner up last year as well as in 2010 and in 2013.
Similarly, she has enjoyed women’s doubles success; always partnering Ding Ning, she was the runner up 2009, the winner in 2010 and 2016.
Also, there is one more title to add to the list, last year she won the mixed doubles partnering Xu Xin.
Withdrawals
Unfortunately, in addition to Liu Shiwen other notable names have cancelled their entries. In particular in the men’s events Germany’s Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov have withdrawn, as has the in form Qiu Dang, the winner at the recent 2020 ITTF Challenge Series Plus Portugal Open..
Likewise, owing to the current quarantine situation in Qatar as a result of the coronavirus, players from the Korea Republic and, with the exception of Chuang Chih-Yuan, the whole of the Chinese Taipei team, have been forced to withdraw.
Effect on seeding
The effect in the men’s singles entry is that Japan’s Jun Mizutani, Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting, Frenchman Simon Gauzy and England’s Liam Pitchford now enter the seeding. Similarly, Japan’s Hitomi Sato and China’s He Zhuojia now appear on the women’s singles seeding.
In the men’s doubles, China’s Ma Long and Xu Xin replace Korea Republic’s Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu at the top of the list. The combination of Poland’s Jakub Dyjas and Belgium’s Cédric Nuytinck, alongside the latter’s colleagues Martin Allegro and Florent Lambiet enter the seeding as do Japan’s Shunsuke Togami and Yukiya Uda in addition to Frenchman Tristan Flore and Emmanuel Lebesson.
New to the women’s doubles seeding, following the absence of Chinese Taipei’s Chen Szu-Yu and Cheng Hsien-Tzu, is the Polish pairing of Natalia Bajor and Natalia Partyka.
Meanwhile, Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito now occupy the top seeded mixed doubles spot; the absence of Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching, originally second in the order of merit means that Germany’s Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, alongside the French pairing of Tristan Flore and Laura Gasnier are seeded.
Tine Gilis has climbed into the world top 20
Raneem reigns for 15th consecutive month
By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent
Belgium’s Tinne Gilis has achieved a career-high World Ranking of No.19 after breaking into the top 20 for the first time in her career following the release of the PSA Women’s World Rankings for March today (March 1).
The 21-year-old from Mol rises two places to leapfrog Egypt’s Nadine Shahin and former World Junior champion Rowan Elaraby to break into the top 20.
Tinne is now just one place behind her sister Nele, who remains at No.18.
Egypt’s Raneem El Welily (pictured) stays at the top of the World Rankings for the 15th consecutive month, with compatriot Nouran Gohar at No.2 and France’s Tournament of Champions winner Camille Serme at No.3.
World Champion Nour El Sherbini remains at No.4, with Nour El Tayeb (No.5), Joelle King (No.6), Sarah-Jane Perry (No.7), Amanda Sobhy (No.8), Tesni Evans (No.9) and Hania El Hammamy (No.10) completing an unchanged top ten.
Hong Kong’s Annie Au (No.11), India’s Joshna Chinappa (No.12), Egypt’s Salma Hany (No.14) and England’s Alison Waters (No.14) retain their places as Egypt’s Yathreb Adel and USA’s Olivia Blatchford Clyne both rise a place to No.15 and No.16, respectively, while Victoria Lust drops two places to No.17.
The biggest mover on the Women’s Tour is Austria’s Jacqueline Peychär, who rises 52 places to No.183 in the world.
Egypt’s Haya Ali is also another big mover, rising 51 places following her runner-up finish at the CIB Egyptian Tour 4, which sees her move to No.143.
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 – March 2020.
Pictures courtesy of PSA
Welsh wizard Joel Makin makes it into the world top ten
Joel Makin slides into the world top ten for the first time
First Welshman in top 10 since David Evans in 2002
By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent
Joel Makin has become the first Welshman since David Evans in 2002 to break the top 10 after the PSA Men’s World Rankings for March were released today (March 1).
Makin, the 25-year-old from Pembrokeshire, rises one place to No.10 as Egypt’s Mohamed Abouelghar falls out of the top 10 for the first time since September 2018.
Makin, coached in the Midlands by Robert Owen, has risen steadily up the rankings during the past two years and, allied to his formidable fitness, he is adding the necessary elements in quality shot placement required to continue that upwards trajectory.
Tournament of Champions winner Mohamed ElShorbagy stays at the top of the World Rankings with Ali Farag (No.2), Tarek Momen (No.3), Karim Abdel Gawad (No.4) and Paul Coll (No.5) completing an unchanged top five.
Peru’s Diego Elias (No.6) and Germany’s Simon Rösner (No.7) swap places, while Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy stays at No.8 with Colombia’s Miguel Rodriguez rising a place to No.9 as Makin completes the top ten.
Fares Dessouky (No.12) and Saurav Ghosal (No.13) retain their spots with Mazen Hesham rising two places to No.14 and former World No.1 James Willstrop climbing three places to No.15.
France’s Gregoire Marche (No.16) and Zahed Salem both drop places (No.19), while World Junior champion Mostafa Asal rises a place to No.18 and Omar Mosaad (No.17) and Adrian Waller (No.20) remain unchanged to complete the top 20.
The biggest mover on the Men’s Tour is Egypt’s Ibrahim Elkabbani after he rises 154 places to No.263 in the world following his victory at the HCL SRFI Indian Tour – Jaipur Leg 2020.
PSA Men’s World Rankings Top 20 – March 2020.
Pictures courtesy of PSA
MOCOC, S.C. — Saturday night’s Drydene Xtreme DIRTcar Series event might have been the finale of the winter tour’s inaugural season, but it featured a few significant firsts.
The first visit to Modoc Raceway, the first Xtreme Series championship title awarded to Chris Madden and the very first feature win in a super late model for Rum Runner Racing’s newest pilot — Pearson Lee Williams.
Williams drove a great race, fending off heavy pressure from the hungry challengers behind him that included the likes of tour winner Zack Mitchell, Casey Roberts, regional favorite Brandon Overton and Joshua Bishop. Madden kept it straight and stayed out of trouble to clinch the inaugural Xtreme Series championship, worth $20,000, on the back of a 12th-place finish.
“It is definitely a good accomplishment, kicking off the season with a championship on a new series is pretty awesome,” Madden said. “We’d just like to thank the guys for putting up a series for us to run through the winter around home to make some decent money and keep us going.”
With two wins in series action over the five completed races, Madden was the only repeat winner. Clinching the title by nine points over Ross Bailes, Madden also took a moment to thank his crew at Scott Bloomquist Racing and sponsors at Drydene Performance Products for their contributions to his success.
“Without those guys, it’s impossible for me. It’s not just about me, it’s a team effort here. As long as everybody pulls their weight and plays their part, we’ve got a pretty dominant team here,” Madden said.
An overjoyed Williams commented on his big accomplishment after the race by saying, “It’s kind of a dream. This is my first year in a super late model, never raced it before. It’s different, but I can’t stress it enough… I feel I have the best crew, the best car owners. They give me the best. Hard work pays off.”
Zack Mitchell finished second.
“I’m proud of all that. We’re a little smaller team, don’t have quite the resources these other guys have. I’m not making excuses, but to run with those guys I’ve watched race my entire life, it means the world,” Mitchell said.
Casey Roberts, Brandon Overton and Joshua Bishop rounded out the top five.
Bailes clinched the runner-up spot in points by a single marker on the back of his eighth-place Feature finish, earning him the $10,000 points fund check.
Williams, Madden, Mitchell, Trent Ivey, Kyle Strickler and Tim Vance were all recipients of $1,000 bonuses for perfect attendance throughout the series.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 2W-Pearson Lee Williams [2][$7,000]; 2. 57M-Zack Mitchell [3][$3,500]; 3. 101-Casey Roberts [4][$1,700]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton [6][$1,400]; 5. J1-Joshua Bishop [5][$1,200]; 6. 24D-Michael Brown [9][$1,000]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler [14][$800]; 8. 87-Ross Bailes [7][$700]; 9. 17M-Dale McDowell [19][$600]; 10. 10-Scott Shirey [21][$550]; 11. 23-Ahnna Parkhurst [24][$500]; 12. 0M-Chris Madden [16][$500]; 13. 11-Brandon Carpenter [22][$500]; 14. 17V-Tim Vance [23][$500]; 15. 1-Brent Dixon [12][$500]; 16. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe [13][$500]; 17. 31-Tyler Millwood [11][$500]; 18. 77-Brian Connor [18][$500]; 19. 42K-Cla Knight [17][$500]; 20. 88-Trent Ivey [20][$500]; 21. 22-Chris Ferguson [10][$500]; 22. 2X-John Henderson [1][$500]; 23. 9-Johnny Pursley [8][$500]; 24. 49-Jonathan Davenport [15][$500]; 25. 5-Mark Whitener [25][$500] Hard Charger: 23-Ahnna Parkhurst[+13]
ATLANTA — The Monster Energy AMA Supercross an FIM World Championship crossed the season’s halfway point Saturday night at Mercedes Benz Stadium and when the dust cleared race winner Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac were tied at the top of the standings.
Round nine of the 17-race series was a barn burner in front of 59,743 fans. Roczen of Team Honda HRC. Roczen pulled the holeshot and disappeared from the pack to convincingly grab his third win of the season.
The victory brought the Honda rider into a championship points tie with Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac.
After two fourth-place finishes in the past two weekends, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Justin Barcia grabbed a podium finish the hard way – the Yamaha rider recovered from a 15th place start to steadily and aggressively push through the pack to finish in second place.
Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb spent all week recovering from a brutal crash seven days prior; after an eighth-place start Webb fell back a bit in the early laps but kept his head down.
Tomac also started poorly, then mis-timed a block pass on Rocky Mountain ATV/MC-KTM-WPS’s Blake Baggett, sending both riders to the ground. Tomac remounted in 14th and made the push toward the front.
With four minutes left on the clock Tomac reached Webb and started applying the pressure – at that point battling for sixth place. The two moved forward on the leader board and with two laps remaining had reached Team Tedder / Monster Energy Racing’s Martin Davalos who ran in third.
On the final lap, Webb squared up a 180-degree berm and cut under and passed Davalos with hardly an inch to spare. Tomac followed and kept the pressure on Webb, but the defending champ held strong until the end and turned what might have been a no-show event for most riders into a podium finish.
In the Eastern Regional 250SX class, GEICO Honda’s Chase Sexton brought home his second win of 2020, making it two in a row and breaking the title points tie. Sexton is now the sole owner of the Eastern Regional red No. 1 plate after three rounds of that series.
Once the Atlanta points were tallied the 450SX Class has a shared points lead between Tomac and Roczen.
All the racers will resume the battle next Saturday night as the Monster Energy Supercross series heads to Daytona Int’l Speedway in Florida.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Picking up his second victory with the San Tan Ford ASCS Desert Non-Wing Series, Tempe’s Sterling Cling parked the Cling Racing No. 34 in victory lane at USA Raceway.
Advancing two positions from his third-starting spot to take the win, Cling was hunted to the line by eighth-starting Dennis Gile with Kyle Shipley charging through the field from 16th to complete Saturday’s podium.
Dustin Burkhart grabbed fourth with Ryan Murphy completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 34-Sterling Cling[3]; 2. 13-Dennis Gile[8]; 3. 0G-Kyle Shipley[16]; 4. 34AZ-Dustin Burkhart[4]; 5. 7X-Ryan Murphy[1]; 6. 22-Aaron Jones[11]; 7. 9-Randy Nelson[9]; 8. 0-Jonas Reynolds[10]; 9. 51-Ronald Webster[17]; 10. 3-Pete Yerkovich[14]; 11. 43-Ryan Oerter[5]; 12. 25AZ-Rick Shuman[6]; 13. (DNF) 17-Joe Scheopner[2]; 14. (DNF) 42-Danny Mathus[7]; 15. (DNF) 66-Colton Maroney[13]; 16. (DNF) 19S-Hayden Reinbold[18]; 17. (DNS) 4T-Josh Bobinski; 18. (DNS) 3T-Tyler Most
PEORIA, Ariz. — A narrow groove and slower traffic provided a race for the ages at Canyon Speedway Park with the battle to the checkered flag coming down to the final 100 feet as Sam Hafertepe Jr. edged Justin Sanders for Saturday’s SawBlade.com A-Feature win with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
A huge turnaround from the start of his season in Florida, Hafertepe’s goal for the weekend was to test and tune before returning to action with the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1.
While very confident in his car during feature, that Florida frustration was lingering going into the night’s races.
“We were frustrated Thursday during practice. We were frustrated last night but we finally clicked on something in the feature tonight and as soon as we took the green and I felt it going into turn one and I said this race is over,” stated Hafertepe.
Taking the lead away from Harli White on lap two, Hafertepe spent the first half of the race uncontested as the track began narrowing from the top to the bottom. Losing the lead on lap 22 to Justin Sanders, who took the point with a high line pass off the fourth turn, the No. 21k of Thomas Kennedy sat directly in front of the race for the lead.
Not able to clear Kennedy, who had been running third before going around on lap five, the advantage came back to Hafertepe on lap 28. Stalked by Sanders with Harli White racing into the picture as well, the top three raced the white flag with Sanders diving under Hafertepe through the first and second turns.
Still having to contend with lapped traffic as the final two turns came onto view, Sanders was forced to the middle groove with Hafertepe diving as low as possible.
Dead even off the final turn, both drivers mashed the throttle with the checkered flag in view and Sam Hafertepe Jr. winning by 0.116 seconds.
Back to back podium finishes for Sanders, the California shoe bettered himself by one spot as Harli White made her second career podium appearance with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
Moving up from seventh, Matt Covington retains the series points lead with a fourth-place finish. Dominic Scelzi completed the top five after starting 14th.
A weekend total of 51 drivers from 15 states and a trio of counties, 48 returned for Saturday’s showdown.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 2. 17S-Justin Sanders[8]; 3. 17W-Harli White[1]; 4. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 5. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[14]; 6. 11-Roger Crockett[9]; 7. 01-Colby Copeland[12]; 8. 83T-Tanner Carrick[2]; 9. 28-Scott Bogucki[5]; 10. 17-Seth Bergman[13]; 11. 52-Blake Hahn[22]; 12. 14-Jordon Mallett[21]; 13. J2-John Carney II[20]; 14. 5H-Michael Faccinto[16]; 15. 21K-Thomas Kennedy[3]; 16. 37-Mitchell Faccinto[17]; 17. 18S-Jason Solwold[11]; 18. 38B-Blake Carrick[10]; 19. 24D-Danny Sams III[4]; 20. (DNF) 88N-DJ Netto[18]; 21. (DNF) 41-Colton Hardy[19]; 22. (DNF) 21P-Robbie Price[23]; 23. (DNF) 41S-Giovanni Scelzi[15]
Fantasy Picks: Chamari Atapattu and Salma Khatun are the best choices
March 2: T20 World Cup - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Melbourne
Our XI: Nigar Sultana, Chamari Atapattu, Murshida Khatun, Umesha Thimashini, Fargana Hoque, Salma Khatun, Rumana Ahmed, Shashikala Siriwardene, Ritu Moni, Udeshika Prabodhani, Kavisha Dilhari
Captain: Chamari Atapattu
The only ray of light in Sri Lanka's campaign. Atapattu has scored 124 runs in the tournament at a strike rate of 134.78 and has also picked up a couple of wickets. She is the one who can get you the most points.
Vice-captain: Salma Khatun
The Bangladesh captain has been prolific with the ball. She has picked up six wickets at an economy rate of 6.87 and a strike rate of 10.3. In a game that is expected to be low scoring, she could get you a fair share of points.
Hot Picks
Nigar Sultana: Sultana has been the most consistent performer for Bangladesh in the tournament. She is the highest run-getter for her side with 75 runs at a strike rate of 89.28. Her glovework has also been neat and that can fetch you some points there as well.
Ritu Moni: Ritu Moni had a dream game against New Zealand, registering her career-best bowling figures (4 for 18) and also got a few runs with the bat.
Shashikala Siriwardene: She has picked up three wickets so far, though her economy rate has shot up a little bit (7.54) thanks to the pounding she took from Shafali Verma.
Value Picks
Udeshika Prabodhani: By far the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka in the tournament, she has been swinging the ball and has been extremely accurate. Her numbers are great: three wickets at an economy of 3.83.
Umesha Thimashini: Thimashini scored a fluent 20 against Australia but had an off day against India. She has played a couple of T20s against Bangladesh in the recent past and did well, picking up five wickets and scored 63 runs.
Point to note
Sri Lanka's average first-innings score in the tournament is 121. Bangladesh have not batted first yet, and their average score is 100. So expect a low-scoring game again and have enough bowling options.
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