A Women's Cricket World Cup The match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was canceled due to continuous rain on Tuesday. With the help of Nilakshika de Silva's fastest half-century of the tournament, Sri Lanka had made a strong score of 258-6.New Zealand could not start their innings due to rain during the break, resulting in both teams sharing one point each.After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Sri Lanka made an opening partnership of 101 runs between captain Chamari Athapaththu and Vishami Gunaratne. Athapaththu scored 53 runs with the help of seven fours, completing her 20th ODI half-century before being caught by Maddy Green off the bowling of Rosemary Mayer.Gunaratne was out after scoring 42 runs, followed by a steady partnership of 58 runs off 74 balls between Hasini Perera and Harshitha Samarawickrama. Perera contributed 44 runs while Samarawickrama added 26 runs.De Silva remained unbeaten on 55 and brought up his fourth ODI half-century in just 26 balls, which included one six and seven fours.For New Zealand, Sophie Devine took three wickets for 54 runs, while Bree Illing took two wickets for 39 runs.
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