31/08Result
1st T20I (D/N), Sri Lanka Women tour of England at Brighton, Aug 31 2023
ENG Women won by 12 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
Alice CapseyEngland Women
31/08Result
1st T20I (D/N), Sri Lanka Women tour of England at Brighton, Aug 31 2023
ENG Women won by 12 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
Alice CapseyEngland Women

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs | ENG-W: 185/4 | RR: 10.88

  • Heather Knight23 (17b)
  • Amy Jones2 (2b)
  • Udeshika Prabodhani4-0-53-0
  • Chamari Athapaththu4-0-25-1

8.20pm Well, that's a mighty total in a 102-ball game. England post the highest women's T20I score at Hove, with Wyatt's 48 from 30 setting the tone, and Alice Capsey's 26-ball fifty applying the gloss. Sri Lanka's finest moment was Dilhari's run-out. Tough evening for them.

Capsey: "Nice to be back, a bit of a different group but the new faces have fitted in. Hopefully Mahika gets a few poles early. It was skidding on, had to assess the pace of the wicket, using the boundary and the slope will be useful. See ball hit ball, Kempy was bombing them. Chamari is a superb batter but hopefully we can get over the line."

So, there we go. 187 is the target. Back shortly.

16.6
1
Prabodhani to Knight, 1 run, full length into the pads, Knight swipes to leg, connects reasonably well but straight at backward square. Tidy day at the office all told
16.5
1
Prabodhani to Jones, 1 run, cracked hard, back at the bowler, picked up from outside off stump
16.5
1w
Prabodhani to Jones, 1 wide, fired at the tramlines, swinging away, overcooked it
16.4
1lb
Prabodhani to Knight, 1 leg bye, winds into an energetic slog-pull, under-edged into the off-side
16.3
0
Prabodhani to Knight, no run, dipping in the blockhole from over the wicket, good delivery, punched into the covers
16.2
2
Prabodhani to Knight, 2 runs, sits back in the crease, cracks a flat flog through long-on

Jethro: "Need to go to meeting but waiting to see Amy's reverse sweep ...... "

16.2
5w
Prabodhani to Knight, 5 wides, fires it out wide, too wide for the keeper, keeps swinging away clean through deep third
16.1
4
Prabodhani to Knight, FOUR, pounded through the line! Over-pitched, met with a full-faced wallop, through long-off. Bosh

END OF OVER:
16 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG-W: 171/4 | RR: 10.68

  • Heather Knight16 (12b)
  • Amy Jones1 (1b)
  • Chamari Athapaththu4-0-25-1
  • Udeshika Prabodhani3-0-39-0
15.6
1
Athapaththu to Knight, 1 run, wafted to the on-side, gathered at long-on
15.5
1
Athapaththu to Jones, 1 run, full length, and flicked into the on-side

Donald Alexande: "Alice in Wonderland today! Marvelous batting!!"

15.4
W
Athapaththu to Capsey, OUT, another reverse-slog, Chamari holds her length, thumps the leg stump to end a lusty innings! And she doesn't beat her highest score after all that

A Capsey b Athapaththu 51 (39m 27b 5x4 3x6) SR: 188.88

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32AMCJK AthapaththuRMVD Gunaratne
2nd1GWHM PereraRMVD Gunaratne
3rd22NND SilvaRMVD Gunaratne