NED-W vs SL-W Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! Hansima Karunaratne hits the winning runs. Sri Lanka Women win this game by 7 wickets. Flighted, around off, Hansima Karunaratne takes it on the full and drives this through the covers region for four runs.

FOUR! This boundary on the final ball of this over takes the excitement away from the final over as Sri Lanka Women now require just 2 runs to win. Pitched-up delivery, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama lofts this over the mid off fielder for a boundary.

FIFTY FOR HANSIMA! Good length, on middle and off, Karunaratne slaps this down to long on for a single to bring up her half-century. An excellent knock in the absence of Chamari Athapaththu by Hansima Karunaratne.

Hard length, wide outside off, inside the tramline. Hansima Karunaratne leaves it expecting a wide but the umpire calls it a fair delivery.

Good length, on middle and leg, Hansima Karunaratne flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs here.

On a length, wide outside off, Harshitha Samarawickrama shuffles across and smashes this through point for a single.

Too full, on middle and off, Hansima Karunaratne flicks this to the right of mid on for a single.

Tossed up, around off, Hansima Karunaratne smashes this through covers for one.

Full and on middle and off, Harshitha Samarawickrama looks to go big on the off side but gets an outside edge and the ball races to the right of short third for runs. It is cut off by the chasing short third fielder, saving a run for her side. Isabel Van Der Woning went after the ball from short fine leg, but she tripped and injured herself in the process. Isabel was seen holding her hamstring while she was bowling earlier in the innings. No time is ever good to sustain an injury, but there can not be a worse time than the last warm-up game before an ICC event.

Top-spinner, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama looks to play the reverse with backward point and short third inside the circle. Misses out.

Tossed up, on the pads, Hansima Karunaratne sweeps this to the deep square leg region for one run.

Full and wide outside off, Hansima Karunaratne goes for a square cut and misses.

Darted into the pads, on a length. Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps it to deep square leg for a single.

A massive mix-up but no harm done. Good length, around off, Hansima Karunaratne punches this to the right of sweeper cover. A bit of yes and no between the batters for the second run. This should have been the 4th wicket for Netherlands Women had the throw been to the bowler's end, but a poor throw from the deep in the middle of the track allowed the batters to get home safely. 16 needed off 18.

FOUR! Myrthe goes really full, bowls it around off, Hansima Karunaratne gets right underneath the ball and hammers this over the mid on fielder for four runs.

Pitched-up delivery, around the pads, Hansima Karunaratne flicks this through the mid-wicket region. Aggressive running between the wickets puts pressure on the fielder and a fumble turns one into two.

Back of a length on middle and off, Harshitha Samarawickrama cuts this to deep point for a single.

On a length, going across the batter, around her off stump. Harshitha Samarawickrama swings and misses.

Full and around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama moves away to her leg side and drives this towards extra cover.

FOUR! The effort in the deep goes in vain. On a length, on the pads, Hansima Karunaratne sweeps this to the right of deep square leg, where the fielder sprints and slides. She makes an effort to make the stop with her feet, but does not succeed. Sri Lanka Women now require 26 more to win.

Very full, on off. Karunaratne digs it out to point.

Hard length, on middle and leg, Harshitha Samarawickrama flicks this to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Good length, on middle and off, Hansima Karunaratne hits this through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! A misfield from Myrthe van den Raad at short third turns a dot to four runs. Back of a length, around off, Hansima Karunaratne slices this on the bounce to short third. Myrthe misreads the bounce and the ball goes past her for a boundary.

A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire shrugs it away. Iris starts by bowling this on a length, angling back into the batter. Hansima Karunaratne collapses her back knee and looks for the slog but misses, and the ball hits her around her abdomen.

Hurls it on a length, outside off. Hansima Karunaratne extends her hands and pushes it wide of cover for one.

Low full toss, outside off. Samarawickrama carves it to deep point and crosses over.

Full and going away. Harshitha Samarawickrama swings through the line but does so early and toe-ends it to the right of the bowler.

Fuller and on middle, Karunaratne drives it in front of mid on and takes a quick single.

FOUR! Edged away. On the shorter side, outside off. Karunaratne throws her hands at the ball and it flies off an outside edge to the left of the deep third fielder for a four.

FOUR! The 100 is up for Sri Lanka Women. Pitched up, on off. Hansima Karunaratne leaves nothing in the tank and smacks it back past the bowler. The ball is past Isabel Van Der Woning before she can react and the mid off fielder stands no chance.

Shorter and on middle. This is pulled to deep square leg for a single. 47 needed off 36 balls.

A confident shout for LBW, but turned down. A good decision, as the impact was outside the line. Looped up, around the off stump. Hansima Karunaratne walks across and gets low for the sweep but misses and is hit on the pads.

Spinning back in, on a length, on the off stump. Hansima Karunaratne makes room to slap it away on the off side but chops it down the strip.

Shorter and on off, this is punched to point. A fumble there by Sanya Khurana allows a single.

A run saved. Tossed up, on middle and leg. Hansima Karunaratne sweeps and plays it fine of the short fine leg fielder. The fielder gives it a long chase and hauls it in with a slide. Three runs taken.

Flighted delivery, on a length, on off. Hansima Karunaratne makes room and drives it to the right of deep cover for a brace.

Leg bye! On the pads again, Karunaratne swings but fails to lay any bat on it. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes wide of short fine leg.

Oh, not far away from hitting the leg stump. This is on a length, around leg. Karunaratne walks inside the line to get it away behind square, but misses. Wide not given as the ball would have hit Karunaratne had she been in her normal standing position.

Fuller and going away. Karunaratne makes room to force it through the off side but picks out the cover fielder.

On a shortish length, on middle. Harshitha Samarawickrama gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through backward square leg. Just a single.

A bit fuller, on the off stump. Hansima taps it in front of cover and hurries to the other end.

Across the right-hander, on a nagging length. Karunaratne flashes at the ball but is beaten for pace.

FOUR! Good use of the feet. Loopy ball, full and across off. Samarawickrama shimmies down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. She extends her hands into the lofted hit and goes over wide mid off for a boundary. 9 runs off the over. 57 runs required from 48 balls.

Fuller and quicker, angled in at the pads. Karunaratne sweeps it behind square leg and rotates the strike.

Not all that short, on middle. Samarawickrama mistimes the pull to deep mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Drags the length back and gives the ball a lot of air, on middle. Harshitha Samarawickrama pats it to cover.

Sliding in, on middle and leg. Hansima Karunaratne sweeps it towards cow corner and crosses over.

Drops it short, outside off. Karunaratne cashes in on the width and slaps it to the right of deep cover for a couple of runs.

Goes short, over middle. Harshitha Samarawickrama stands tall and pulls it to deep square leg. A bit of a bad bounce in the deep results in a fumble, and that allows the batters to take the second run. 66 needed from 54 balls.

Nice and full, attacking the stumps. Hansima wrists it through square leg for a run.

On a short of a good length, near the tramline on off. Karunaratne reaches out and pats it to cover.

Fuller and on middle. Harshitha Samarawickrama gets low and shovels it to deep backward square leg. They cross.

Beaten! Moving away off the deck, on a length. Harshitha Samarawickrama hangs back to defend but is beaten on the outside edge.

Closer to the off stump, on a length. Hansima Karunaratne drives it on the up wide of cover for a single.

Wide! Bashes the hard length, but the line is well wide on off. Hansima Karunaratne lets it go.

Tossed up on middle and leg, Hansima Karunaratne pushes this down the ground for a single to long on. 72 required off 60.

DROPPED! ​​Harshitha Samarawickrama gets a life as she is dropped on 13 by Sterre Kalis. Flighted, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama chips this to the left of Kalis at extra cover. Kalis sticks out her left hand but the ball hits her wrist and drops down to the ground. Single taken.

Pushed through on middle and leg, Hansima Karunaratne works this through mid on for a strike rotation.

Quicker one, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama drives this through covers for a single.

Tossed up, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama knocks this down to mid off for a dot.

Fuller around middle and off, Hansima Karunaratne slog sweeps this towards the deep mid-wicket region for one.

On a length, around the pads, Hansima Karunaratne flicks this towards the fine leg region for a single. 77 needed off 66.

Short and wide outside off, Hansima Karunaratne goes for a cut but misses out as the ball keeps climbing on the batter.

Good length, on middle and off, Hansima Karunaratne pushes this to mid off for a dot.

WIDE! Hard length, way down the leg side. Wided.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! A perfect yorker, on the roots of the off-stump. Hasini Perera looks for the flick, but she is way too early into the shot, and the ball drops under her bat and rattles the timber. Sri Lanka Women are 65/3, needing 79 runs from 69 balls.

Good length, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama dabs this through point for a run.

Full and wide outside off, Hasini Perera jumps down and away and pushes this through cover-point for a single.

Loopy, full toss, around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama jumps down the track and drives this to mid off. This should have been just one, but a misfield allowed the second. Sri Lanka Women require 81 runs from 72 balls.

Quicker one, on the pads, Hasini Perera sweeps this to the left of short fine leg for one.

FOUR! Excellently hit away for four. Tossed up, on off, Hasini Perera brings out the reverse sweep and nails it over the short third fielder for a boundary.

Flighted around the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps this towards the fielder at deep square leg for another strike rotation.

Slider, around off, Hasini Perera pushes this off the outside half of her bat to covers for one.

Full and on the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps this to deep square leg for a strike rotation.

On a length, around off, Hasini Perera arches back and smashes this to short cover.

Pitched-up delivery, around off, Hasini Perera drives this to mid off.

Short and on middle and off, Harshitha Samarawickrama pulls this to deep square leg for a run.

Across off, on a good length. Harshitha Samarawickrama stabs it down on the off side.

FOUR! Short of a length, on middle and leg, Harshitha Samarawickrama hangs onto her back foot and pulls this through the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. 5 fours in the last 6 balls.

Short and wide outside off, Harshitha Samarawickrama shoulders her arms at it. Isabel is limping a bit as she walks back to the start of her run-up.

FOUR! Quicker and flatter onto the pads, Hasini Perera collapses on her back foot and shovels this through the backward square leg region for the fourth boundary in a row in this over. 17 runs off the over.

FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries for Hasini Perera. Full and around the pads, Hasini Perera sweeps this in the gap through the right of the short fine leg fielder for another boundary.

FOUR! Flighted, around off, Hasini Perera steps out, takes the ball on the full and drives this through the covers region for a boundary more.

FOUR! Excellently cut away for four. Quicker one, wide outside off, Hasini Perera rocks back and cuts this through the point region for a boundary.

Short of a length, on middle and leg, Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps this to the left of deep square leg for one.

Wrong'un on the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps this to short fine leg.

Beaten! Fuller and wider on off, Hasini Perera flashes at the ball but misses.

On a back of a length, on off. Harshitha Samarawickrama angles it to backward point and the batters set off for the single. The throw from Frederique Overdijk goes well wide of the keeper and Hasini Perera gets home safely.

Across off, on a good length. Harshitha Samarawickrama defends it on the off side.

OUT! TIMBER! The promotion for Imesha Dulani does not quite work out as Sri Lanka had hoped. Iris Zwilling hits the top of off, it is the slower one, on a nagging length. Dulani gives the bowler the charge, looking to launch it down the ground. She swings early and fails to connect as the ball clatters into the top of the off pole.

A loud shout for LBW, but turned down! Fuller and angled into the pads. Imesha Dulani swings across the line and is beaten on the inside edge to be hit on the back pad.

On the shorter side, angled in at the hips. Imesha helps it wide of deep fine leg for a couple of runs.

Keeps it short, on middle. Imesha Dulani nudges it wide of mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single.

Shorter and quicker, on off, Dulani pushes it back to the bowler.

OUT! CAUGHT! Netherlands have their first wicket. Frederique Overdijk offers flight, full and on middle. Vishmi Gunarathne dances down the track and tries to hit with the spin. She fails to get the desired distance and Sterre Kalis covers good ground to her left at deep mid-wicket to take a fine catch. Sri Lanka Women are now 27/1 while chasing 144.

FOUR! The fielder in the deep should have done better there. Shorter and on middle. Vishmi Gunarathne rocks back and pulls it through square leg. The deep fielder sprints and dives but the ball trickles off her body into the fence.

FOUR! Gunarathne finds the fence this time. Flighted delivery, fuller and on middle. Vishmi Gunarathne advances down the track and pumps it back over the bowler's head. Robine Rijke at mid on turns around and puts in a slide but in vain.

Just out of reach! Tossed up, on middle. Vishmi Gunarathne presses forward to go down the ground. She does not quite connect well but manages to evade the mid on and mid off fielders who tried to circle around it. A couple for Gunarathne.

Hits the top of off, does Robine. Vishmi taps it from the crease, wide of cover for one more.

Angled into the left-hander, on a nagging length. Hasini Perera swivels to shovel it away. She does not quite get hold of it and it rolls towards backward square leg for a single.

Leg bye! Floated up there, on the pads. Gunarathne misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes away to the right of short fine leg.

At the sticks, on a good length. Vishmi Gunarathne stabs it down on the leg side.

In the channel, on a length. Vishmi pushes away from her body and gets an inside edge that dribbles towards the keeper.

Just over! Robine Rijke goes full in search of swing but ends up serving a low full toss, down leg. Vishmi Gunarathne gets low to sweep it away but a top edge is found. It clears short fine leg and Heather Siegers cuts it off. Two runs taken.

Flatter and shorter, on middle. Hasini Perera brings out the reverse but picks out the point fielder.

Sliding on with the arm, on a good length, on middle. Gunarathne drops it with soft hands beside the strip on the leg side for a run.

Too short, on off. This keeps low and Perera swats it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

Loopy ball, landing outside the line of the leg stump. Hasini Perera attempts the reverse sweep but misses and wears it on the front pad.

A rank long-hop, on middle. Vishmi Gunarathne crouches and pulls it hard to deep backward square leg for one.

Floated up, on middle. Hasini Perera swipes it wide of mid-wicket for a run.

Fuller and at the sticks. Gunarathne hangs low and swipes it over square leg. The fielder in the deep gets around to her right and tidies up. Two runs taken.

On a good length, on the off stump. Vishmi Gunarathne tries to flick it away but closes the bat face early. Gets a soft leading edge down the strip.

Shaping back into the left-hander, on a length. Hasini nudges it wide of mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Width offered and Hasini Perera cashes in. Going away from the left-hander, on a short of a length. Perera frees her arms and cuts it to the right of backward point for a boundary.

On a length, on middle. Hasini Perera defends it out.

Vishmi Gunarathne and Sri Lanka are underway. On a hard length, on off. Gunarathne pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.