Sri Lanka Women suffered another heavy loss at the hands of England, this time in the 2nd T20I between the two sides, as the visitors romped home to win by 8 wickets.
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Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Atapattu won the toss and once again decided to bat first at the P Sara Oval in Colombo. Sri Lanka got off to as good a start as they could have imagined as Atapattu and Imalka Mendis sped to 45 for no loss in just 7 overs. Unfortunately, that was as good as it was going to get for the hosts.
England all-rounder Natalie Sciver got the big breakthrough for the visitors when she dismissed Atapattu for 24, a knock which included 4 boundaries. From that point on, it was all about the English spinners as they dried up the runs and continued to pick up wickets. Only three other batsmen, apart from Atapattu got to double figures as the Sri Lankan innings ended in all too familiar fashion on 108/6.
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Katherine Brunt, returning to the team in place of the rested Anya Schrubsole, picked up 2 wickets while Sciver, Laura Marsh, Hether Knight and Sophia Dunkley picked up a wicket apiece.
England’s top order has been a real force during this tour and they carried that form into today’s game as well. Amy Jones and Dannie Wyatt went at 10 runs an over at the top of the order before both of them were dismissed by Shashikala Siriwardene for 36 and 37 respectively. Tammy Beaumont and Sciver then finished things off for England, as the visitors claimed the win with 6.1 overs to spare.
Full Scorecard
Sri Lanka Women
108/6
(20 overs)
Result
England Women
109/2
(13.5 overs)
ENGW won by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka Women’s Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamari Athapatthu | b Sciver | 24 | 30 | |||
| Imalka Mendis | b Knight | 15 | 21 | |||
| Shashikala Siriwardena | lbw by Dunkley | 15 | 13 | |||
| Harshitha Madavi | b Brunt | 8 | 14 | |||
| Hansima Karunarathne | b Marsh | 10 | 22 | |||
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | c Sciver b Brunt | 7 | 9 | |||
| Nilakshi de Silva | not out | 4 | 7 | |||
| Umesha Thimashini | not out | 4 | 4 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCN Smith | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 |
| FR Davies | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
| KH Brunt | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 |
| LA Marsh | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 |
| NR Sciver | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 |
| SIR Dunkley | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| HC Knight | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 |
England Women’s Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DN Wyatt | c Surangika b Siriwardane | 37 | 25 | |||
| AE Jones | c Ranasinghe b Siriwardane | 36 | 24 | |||
| TT Beaumont | not out | 16 | 21 | |||
| NR Sciver | not out | 10 | 13 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoshi Priyadarshani | 1.5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10.67 |
| Chamari Athapatthu | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Shashikala Siriwardene | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 |