Sri Lanka once again tasted defeat, this time against Zimbabwe 36-71 in a Pool E game in the Netball World Cup 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Zimbabwe had a fast start going up 0-4 in 2 ½ minutes. Sri Lanka made it 4-8, but Zimbabwe’s 0-4 run made it 4-12. Both sides exchanged two 3-0 scoring runs and the scores read 7-15. The quarter ended with Zimbabwe leading 10-18. Sri Lanka had 7 general play turnovers including 5 intercept passes thrown.
Head Coach Thilaka Jinadasa made quite a few changes in the 2nd quarter as she brought in Tharjini Sivalingam to replace Thishala Algama. But she too only lasted around 3 minutes, with Semini Alwis replacing Sivalingam. With all the changes, Sri Lanka managed to close the gap to 15-20 early in the quarter, but Zimbabwe once again extended the lead to 16-25, and then 17-29. Thereafter, Dulangi Wannithilake and Nicole Muzanenamo exchanged goals till it was 22-33 (12-15) at Half Time.
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