Sri Lanka and New Zealand have been pressured to accept some extent every after their Ladies’s World Cup match in Colombo was deserted due to rain.
Co-hosts Sri Lanka had racked up 258-6 after opting to bat first, because of the quickest fifty of the event to date, arising off 26 balls, from Nilakshi de Silva.
The 36-year-old completed unbeaten on 55 from 28 balls after captain Chamari Athapaththu had hit an aesthetic 53 from 72 balls in a gap stand of 101 with Vishmi Gurunaratne, who made 42 from 83 balls.
That left New Zealand needing their highest second-innings whole at a World Cup for victory, just for the rain to reach earlier than the chase might start.
The umpires formally deserted the match at 16:45 BST.
Whereas Sri Lanka can be pissed off to be denied an opportunity to assert a primary victory of the event, the consequence leaves New Zealand going through an actual battle to succeed in the semi-finals.
Sophie Devine’s facet are some extent off the highest 4 and tackle Pakistan on Saturday earlier than robust matches in opposition to India and England to complete the group stage.
