Siriwardena’s World Cup best and Achini Kulasooriya's 2/19 saw Bangladesh slip up in their final match of the tournament. Hasini Perera’s 39* helped seal Sri Lanka’s first victory by nine wickets with 27 balls to spare. Siriwardena’s figures were the best in the tournament to date in her final international match, with her 4/16 a memorable farewell after 17 years of service to Sri Lankan cricket. She started her swansong just as she would have hoped, removing Murshida Khatun for 3 when Hasini Perera caught the opener off a top edge. Her replacement, Sanjida Islam (13), didn’t last long as Kulasooriya took a wicket on the first ball of her spell before trapping Ayasha Rahman (6) lbw to finish her first over with figures of 2/2. Held at 26/3 at the end of the Powerplay, Bangladesh struggled to find any rhythm as Nigar Sultana Joty (39) and Fargana Hoque Pinky (13) could only take the score to 39 by the midway point. Sri Lanka continued to bowl economical overs, with Kavisha Dilhari conceding two from her first over before taking her first wicket as she removed Fargana lbw for 13. Siriwardena took her second scalp of the afternoon when Udeshika Prabodani caught Rumana Ahmed at short fine leg for a duck and added a third when Ritu Moni was caught in the ring by Sugandika Kumari for 8. Fahima Khatun was dismissed in the same fashion in the penultimate over for 1, while Nigar Sultana was run out by Chamari Athapaththu having scored five boundaries in Bangladesh’s 91/8. A wicket maiden from captain Salma Khatun in the first over started Bangladesh off well but they were left ruing a crucial wicket when Fargana dropped Athapaththu at mid-off in the second over. The skipper’s 51-run opening partnership with Hasini set Sri Lanka well on their way in the 92-run chase, both batters finding two boundaries – and Athapaththu a six – in the Powerplay. The captain looked to be finding her groove when she blasted another six over Rumana at the boundary in the eighth but was removed on the next ball when stumped off Nahida Akter. That scalp proved the perfect 20th-birthday present for Nahida, who became the youngest female bowler to 50 T20I wickets. After their flying start, Sri Lanka were slowed by Bangladesh’s bowlers, but Hasini sealed the nine-wicket victory as they bowed out on a high. ICC