B'desh paddy fields to SA pitch: Teen's rising tale
The Morning Standard|February 14, 2023
MARUFA Akter was elated and so are her teammates. One could hear their roar far from the middle of the ground on Sunday night. In two balls, she had created a sudden buzz around the Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, with a considerable amount of Bangladesh supporters in the crowd cheering on.
GOMESH S
B'desh paddy fields to SA pitch: Teen's rising tale

She had caught and bowled Vishmi Gunaratne before cleaning up Anushka Sanjeewani with a sharp inswinger. And not long before, she had set up Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu by angling it away twice before cramping her for room to get her caught. The end result, Sri Lanka were 25/3, chasing 127.

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