Hockley hits ton in Kiwi victory

CHANDIGARH, Dec 13: Sri lankan girls were rendered a lesson in the art of cricket by New Zealand with a 165-run defeat in a Pool B league m...

CHANDIGARH, Dec 13: Sri lankan girls were rendered a lesson in the art of cricket by New Zealand with a 165-run defeat in a Pool B league match of the sixth Hero Honda Women’s World Cup here at the Sector 16 Stadium today.Chasing New Zealand’s 236 for three in 50 overs, Sri Lanka chose not to go for the runs and still their entire batting line-up was snuffed out for 71 in 47.4 overs.

In the morning, Kiwi opener Debbie Hockley scored her first century (100 n.o.) in World Cup. She was joined by Katrina Withers and the two raised an unbeaten 110 runs which is a World Cup record for the fourth wicket.

Scoreboard: New Zealand: Debbie Hockley not out 100, Emily Drumm lbw Indralatha 28, Maia Lewis b Gunaratatne 3, Shelly Fruin run out 10, Katrina Withers not out 57; Extras: (nb1, lb8, w27, b2) 38.

Total (for three wickets in 50 overs) 236.

Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-93, 3-126

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Bowling: Rosanjali Silva 10-2-58-0, CR Seneviratne 6-0-29-0, Gayatari Kariyawasam 5-1-17-0, A Indralatha 9-0-42-1, S Sivanatham 10-0-35-0, T Gunaratne 10-0-45-1.

Sri Lanka: V Ratnayake c Hockley b Nicholson 17, W H Fernando b Withers 5, K Liyanarachlly run out 4, Vanessa Bowen b Campbell 6, Rasanjali Silva c Hockley b Fryer 19, Rsanjali run out 0, Inderlatha b Campbell 0, T N Gunaratne not out 6, S Shivanathan c Hockley b Ramel 0, T Ekanayake b Brown 0, G Kariyawasam b Brown 0; Extras: (w9, lb4, b1) 14.

Total (all out in 47.4 overs) 71.

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-25, 3-38, 4-49, 5-54, 6-58, 7-58, 8-69, 9-71.

Bowling: Katrina Withers 5-1-20-1, Clare Nicholson 10-7-9-1, Kelly Brown 7.4-3-8-2, Catherine Cambbell 10-5-12-2, Justine Fryer 7-3-11-1, Kahryn Ramel 5-3-4-1, Debbie Hockley 3-2-2-0.