England Women record massive win
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Sri Lanka’s Oshadi Ranasinghe (L) and Nilakshi de Silva run between the wickets during the first ODI cricket match against England at Sooriyawewa
The visiting England Women cricketers began their campaign with a massive 154-run win on the Duckworth/Lewis method over Sri Lanka Women after rain curtailed the match to 40 overs in the first of the three ODI encounters played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday.
The foundation for the massive win for the visitors was laid by Natalie Sciver who made 93 in only 73 balls which had nine boundaries and a six, Amy Jones 79 in 71 balls with ten boundaries and a six and skipper Heather Knight who made 61 in 66 balls inclusive of seven boundaries.
The knocks helped the England Women invited to bat first amassed a mammoth score of 331 for 7. Sri Lanka had the worst possible start to the run chase, losing the first wicket for no score and had right-arm pacie Katherine Brent bagging three wickets to send the hosts reeling at 21 for 5 in the eighth over.
They never recovered from the early blows despite some useful contributions from skipper Chamari Atapattu and Nilakshi de Silva and Oshadi Ranasinghe. De Silva and Ranasinghe shared 92 runs for the eighth wicket. Sri Lanka managed just 159 for 8 which gave the England Women an easy victory and to go one up in the three match series. -MSA
Scores
- England Women 331 for 7 om 50 overs (Natalie Sciver 93, Amy Jones 79, Heather Knight 61, Daniella Wyatt 47, Tammy Beaumont 35: Oshadi Ranasinghe 2 for 71)
- Sri Lanka Women 159 for 8 in 40 overs (Nilakshi de Silva 45, Chamari Atapattu 30, Oshadi Ranasinghe 51 n.o.: Katherine Brent 3 for 24, Kate Cross 2 for 33)