Sri Lanka swept apart Thailand on Friday in a rain-affected girls’s cricket quarter-final on the Asian Video games and Bangladesh joined them within the final 4 after their conflict with Hong Kong was washed out.
Sri Lanka simply chased down their goal of 79 in 15 overs of a rain-affected match on the Zhejiang College of Expertise Pingfeng Cricket Subject in Hangzhou.
Thailand had earlier fought again from 37-6 to put up 78-7 of their 15 overs, largely as a result of a battling 31 off 24 balls from Chanida Sutthiruang batting at quantity seven.
“As we speak we didn’t get sufficient runs,” stated Chanida. “We thought that we might win the sport, however we possibly wanted 30 to 40 extra runs. Even when we had 20 extra runs, I believe we might have defended it.”
The Sri Lankans cruised previous their goal with 25 balls to spare, Harshitha Samarawickrama hitting a six to finish the competition as they completed on 84-2.
Sri Lanka will face Pakistan on Sunday within the second semifinal with India taking part in Bangladesh, who progressed on the next world rating after their quarter-final with Hong Kong was washed out afterward Friday.
“We would like the gold medal,” stated Sri Lanka coach Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake, whose group are in a assured temper having simply received a T20 collection in England 2-1 earlier this month.
“We are going to take it match-by-match, we’ll break it into over-by-over, even ball-by-ball.
“So successful these vital moments can be our focus and let’s hope that may be executed as we would like it to.”
The ultimate will happen on Monday.
The nineteenth Asian Video games formally open on Saturday. The lads’s cricket will start on September 27.