Sri Lanka Women's team lost by 15 runs against Ireland Women's team in yesterday's match. In this second match, the Sri Lankan team was forced to surrender to the Ireland women's team with two overs to spare. But if the Sri Lankan women team players could have completed the full 50 overs then maybe Sri Lanka women team could have won this second match against Ireland women team. I watched the entire game of this match where Sri Lanka women team tried hard to win against Ireland women team. I think Sri Lanka Women's team lost this match against Ireland due to poor performance of two opening batsmen of Sri Lanka Women's team.
We are slowly seeing the improvement of the Ireland women's team. Although we consider Sri Lanka Women's team as favorites in this series, Ireland Women's team managed to win both the matches. Sri Lanka Women won the first T20 match. However, the Sri Lanka women's team lost three consecutive matches after that. The T20 series was drawn but the ODI series was defeated by Sri Lanka Women's team.
Sri Lankan batsmen performed quite well in the first match. A descent of 261 runs was enough to set the Sri Lankan women's team a target. Then the Sri Lanka women's team failed to win the match due to poor performance by the bowlers. But in the second match, after Ireland Women's team set a target of 256 runs, I thought Sri Lanka Women's team might be able to win this match. Apart from Samarawickrama and DIlhari, none of the batsmen in the Sri Lankan squad can bat well. As a result, the Sri Lankan team failed to win the second ODI match as well. Sri Lanka women team players need to be more diligent.