England Women Crush Sri Lanka Women by 161 runs, Win the rain hit 03 match series 2 – 0
Sri Lanka Women’s Tour of England 2023 – ICC Women’s Championship – 03rd & Last Women’s One Day International Leicester, Leicestershire
England Women put into bat, 273 / 8 – ( 31 Overs ) Standing in Skipper Natalie Sciver-Brunt 120 (1×6, 18×4, 74 balls) – the fastest century by an English Woman in this format – Maia Bouchier 95 (2×6, 12×4, 65 balls) – career best, maiden half century – Bess Heath 21 – lost the first 02 wickets for the addition of 13 runs – Maia Bouchier / Natalie Sciver-Brunt 193 runs for the 03rd wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 62 runs – first 10 overs : 72 / 2, 25 overs : 226 / 3, last 06 overs : 47 / 5 – Kavisha Dilhari 3 / 42 & 02 run out assists, Harshitha Samarawickrama 02
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Sri Lanka Women in reply, 112 all out – ( 24.5 Overs )Hasini Perera 32, Hansima Karunaratne 15, Anushka Sanjeewani 13, Skipper Chamari Athapaththu 12, Achini Kulasuriya 12 – the first 03 wickets fell for the addition of 07 runs – Chamari Athapaththu / Hasini Perera 22 runs for the 04th wicket, Hasini Perera / Hansima Karunaratne 35 runs for the 05th wicket, Achini Kulasuriya / Inoka Ranaweera 21 runs for the last wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 10 runs – 05 batters dismissed as bowled – first 10 overs : 53 / 4, 24.5 overs : 112 / 10 – Charlie Deen 5 / 31 – career best – Lauren Filer 3 / 30.
Player of the Match : Natalie Sciver-Brunt : England Wmn
Player of the Series : Lauren Filer : England Wmn ( Debut Series )
The match was reduced to 31 overs a side due to rain & a wet outfield which forced a late start.