AFC Women's Asian Cup
The win took Uzbekistan to the top of the standings - ahead of Nepal on goal difference. The Central Asian side face Laos next on Wednesday while Sri Lanka will meet Nepal.
Sri Lanka started promisingly but Uzbekistan broke free in the third minute when Ludmiya Karachik delivered a precise cross for Nilufar Kudratova to finish with ease.
Kudratova doubled her tally four minutes later with a similar move, Karachik surging down the left before teeing her up for a composed strike.
Karachik capitalised on a poor clearance in the 18th minute to widen the advantage and then showed her class two minutes later, slotting Feruza Turdiboeva’s through ball past Sri Lankan custodian Sakura Sewwandi Subasinghe.
Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva scored the fifth just after the half-hour mark and there was no respite for Sri Lanka as Kudratova completed her hat-trick in the 52nd minute, finishing off Karachik’s cross from the left, while Maftuna Shoyimova added Uzbekistan’s seventh in the 68th minute.
Kudratova increased her tally in the 73rd minute followed by Khabibullaeva heading in her second of the evening in the 87th minute before completing her hat-trick a minute later to seal the emphatic victory.
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