Sri Lanka brushed off Maldives 80-32 in their final group game at the 13th Asian Netball Championship 2024 at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bangalore, India.
It was a routine outing for Sri Lanka, who defeated Malaysia in their previous game, to secure a semi-final place. Sri Lanka took an 11-goal lead to end the 1st quarter 18-7.
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The defending champions upped the tempo in the 2nd quarter winning it 25-6 to go into half time leading 43-13. After the break they scored 21 goals to 11 in the 3rd quarter and in the 4th quarter made 16-8 to secure a comfortable win.
Throughout the game Head Coach Nalika Prasadi made changes testing their bench strength and combinations while giving adequate rest to the starting 7 who would play against Hong Kong in the semi-finals.
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Thishala Algama led the scoring for Sri Lanka with 48 off 50 (96%) while Hasitha Mendis had 17 off 23 at 74%. Shanika Perera, who played as a GD or GK throughout the campaign switched to Goal Shooter in the final quarter and scored 12 out of 16 at 75% while Rashmi Perera scored 3/5 at 60%. Overall, Sri Lanka shot 80 off 94 at 85%.
