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.
Sri Lanka Women's third wicket partnership looked like Sri Lanka would win the match very easily. With a pair of wickets falling in two consecutive overs, Sri Lanka lost control of the match, especially when Harshitha Samarawickrama was run out in the team's 210 run with a personal 105 as Ireland women came back in the match. I expected Sri Lanka to win the second match to level the series, but a poor batting performance by the Sri Lankan middle-order batsman ended up losing the series. If Sri Lanka's performance continues like this, it will be impossible to avoid a whitewash against Sri Lanka Women against Ireland Women in the third ODI today.