Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Sri Lanka's women's cricket team skipper, Chamari Athapaththu, struck her career-best unbeaten 195 as Sri Lanka completed the highest successful run chase in women's ODIs against South Africa, securing a fantastic six-wicket win in their third and final ODI played at Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Wednesday.

Chamari was the architect of this win with her sensational 195. Athapaththu and Nilakshika de Silva, 50 not out, shared in a 179-run fifth-wicket partnership the second-highest stand for the fifth wicket in the women's game and rescued Sri Lanka from 126 for 4 in the 21st over. Crucially, Sri Lanka gained two points on the Women's Championship table, which determines qualification for the 2025 ODI World Cup. ...