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England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17

England women's cricket team toured Sri Lanka in November 2016. The tour consisted of a series of four One Day Internationals, in which the final three were part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[2] England women won the series 4–0.

England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17
 
  Sri Lanka women England women
Dates 9 – 17 November 2016
Captains Inoka Ranaweera Heather Knight (1st, 2nd & 4th WODI)
Danielle Hazell (3rd WODI)[1]
One Day International series
Results England women won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Nipuni Hansika (93) Nat Sciver (185)
Most wickets Inoka Ranaweera (8) Danielle Hazell (9)

Squads edit

  Sri Lanka   England[3]

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

9 November 2016
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
168/7 (50 overs)
v
  England
171/2 (29.3 overs)
Dilani Manodara 27 (46)
Heather Knight 2/29 (8 overs)
Nat Sciver 47* (40)
Chamari Athapaththu 1/23 (7 overs)
England Women won by 8 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)
  • Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Beth Langston (England Women) made her ODI debut.

2nd ODI edit

England  
295 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
173 (48.5 overs)
Heather Knight 53 (58)
Inoka Ranaweera 3/48 (10 overs)
Hasini Perera 35 (90)
Danielle Hazell 3/38 (10 overs)
England Women won by 122 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL)
  • Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Play was suspended after 10.3 overs of England Women's innings due to rain but no overs were lost.
  • ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.
  • By winning this match, England Women qualified for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.[4]

3rd ODI edit

Sri Lanka  
161 (49.4 overs)
v
  England
162/5 (29.3 overs)
Nipuni Hansika 29 (66)
Alex Hartley 2/23 (6 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 78 (79)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/26 (6 overs)
England Women won by 5 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

4th ODI edit

ICC Women's Championship
17–18 November 2016
Scorecard
England  
240/9 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
78 (33.1 overs)
Nat Sciver 77 (74)
Inoshi Priyadharshani 3/28 (10 overs)
Prasadani Weerakkody 32 (67)
Laura Marsh 4/21 (10 overs)
England Women won by 162 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "England v Sri Lanka: Heather Knight & Katherine Brunt miss third ODI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ "England women confirm Sri Lanka ODI tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "England Women's squad named for Sri Lanka tour". England & Wales Cricket Board. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ^ "ICC Women's World Cup 2017: England qualify after beating Sri Lanka in Colombo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Nat Sciver and Danielle Hazell star before rain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. ^ "England women win series 4-0 as Sri Lanka collapse to 78 all out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links edit

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