New Zealand get off to winning start by defeating Sri Lanka in women's Twenty20 World Cup

In Cricket, New Zealand get off to a winning start by defeating Sri Lanka in Group A at the women's Twenty20 World Cup at Perth. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.  Chasing the target of 127 runs, New Zealand scored 131 runs for just 3 wickets in 17.4 overs. NZ Captain Sophie Devine, after being dropped on 18, raced away to a 55-ball 75. She became the first cricketer, male or female, to make six consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20I cricket.  Earlier, West Indies defe...