AI Simulation, SL-W vs SA-W | Chloe Tryon’s sensational finish helps SA Women beat SL Women by five wickets

Pitch and Weather

The R Premadasa surface is expected to look dry, slightly slow, and might aid spinners as the game progresses.

Colombo’s humid evening might add a hint of swing under lights, but the dew factor means chasing will be a safer call.

Toss

South Africa Women won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Lineups

Sri Lanka Women XI: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (C), Hasini Perera, Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Piumi Wathsala, Anushka Sanjeewani (WK), Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera.

South Africa Women XI: Laura Wolvaardt (C), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jaffa (WK), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Match Report

South Africa Women won the toss and asked Sri Lanka Women to bat first. Sri Lanka lost their first wicket at the score of 38 runs in 8.5 overs, losing Vishmi Gunaratne (22) off Marizanne Kapp. Following her dismissal, skipper Chamari Athapaththu stitched a 28-run partnership for the second wicket with Hasini Perera (18). Then came a crucial 66-run partnership for the third wicket between Athapaththu and Harshit Samarawickrama. This partnership ended when Athapaththu was dismissed by Nonkululeko Mlaba on the fourth ball of the 30th over, at the individual score of 71 runs off 85 balls, with eight fours and two sixes. Later in the innings, Samarawickrama also contributed with the knock of 42 runs off 59 balls, with three fours. These knocks helped Sri Lanka Women to post 214/8 in the allotted 50 overs. Nonkululeko Mlaba and Marizanne Kapp scalped two wickets each, alongside a wicket each for South Africa Women in the first innings.

While chasing the target, the Proteas Women had a decent opening start of 44 runs in 9.2 overs by the opening pair of skipper Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits. Inoka Ranaweere broke this partnership on the second ball of the 10th over, dismissing Brits in an LBW, at the individual score of 31 runs off 42 balls, with four fours and a six. Furthermore, Wolvaardt went on to score a crucial half-century (56 runs off 77 balls), with six fours. Later in the innings, Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tryon played the knocks of 45 (52) and an unbeaten 41* (39) to help their side cross the line in 48.4 overs, scoring 217/5 and moving to the top of the tournament’s points table, with their fourth consecutive win in the ongoing Women’s World Cup 2025.  

Player of the Match

South Africa Women’s Chloe Tryon won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for her brilliant match-finishing and an unbeaten knock of 41 runs off 39 balls, with four fours and two sixes. Her knock helped the Proteas Women chase the target successfully, with eight balls to spare and win the game by five wickets.

Scorecard