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Best performances - Batsmen

Nat Sciver-Brunt
117(117) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 21 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
2 1 18 8 19 13 26 30
GWHM Perera
35(60) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
1 4 4 3 12 2 3 5

Best performances - Bowlers

S Ecclestone
S Ecclestone
O10
M3
R17
W4
Eco1.7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
1W
I Ranaweera
O10
M1
R33
W3
Eco3.3
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.10, Interval 18.10-18.40, Second Session 18.40-22.10

Match days

11 October 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Alan Gardner

10.15pm: A comfortable margin in the end for England, although they were made to work for it. Sri Lanka were pretty well placed at 95 for 1 in their chase - albeit with Chamari Athapaththu also off the field with cramp - but were throttled by Sophie Ecclestone's immaculate spell of 4 for 17 through the middle overs. In the end, a total of 253, underpinned by Nat Sciver-Brunt's hundred, was too tall an ask for the joint-hosts, whose wait for a win in this World Cup goes on

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is named Player of the Match: [Plan?] "Build a partnership with Heather [Knight], so the batters at the end can accelerate. Didn't quite happen, but we talk about having a set batter in. Pitch was a bit stoppy, inconsistent. Happy I was able to do that today. Their spinners bowled well, so we had to be precise with our shots. Scoring down the ground was my best bet. [Baby celebration] I had thought about that before, scoring a century was very special."

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu: "We bowled really good, but the last three overs we struggled and they scored 30-40 runs. The other thing is we dropped one catch, Nat Sciver, and catches win matches. [Improvement from India game] We improved a bit but we need to execute again in our next game. Feel my place is opening. We changed the batting order today as well. The next game is important and we have to talk about things in the meeting room. We had eight days off, but no excuses. As professionals we have to play our game. [Cramp] Feeling okay, was struggling in the first overs, but feel okay. Have two days' rest now."

Sciver-Brunt is back for more: "Think we started off really well, Amy and Tammy showed good intent. At the start it looked easy to score. There was a bit of inconsistency with the spinners, how it reacted off the wicket. For me, batting through, that allowed others to come in and play in different ways. Felt like I couldn't accelerate properly until the end when it came on more. Picking length is important, recognising what your strengths are. Not letting spinners settle, using lap sweeps, it's good to have that in your armoury. [Ecclestone] She's brilliant. To be able to hand her the ball and bowl ten straight through, not go for many and pick up four wickets. It's pretty special. She's grown in the last few months as well, we challenged her to do more. [Third win, perfect game yet?] Liked to have bigger partnerships with bat. In patches we've done really well."

And that's a wrap for this one, folks. Madushka's report is coming down the chute, and there'll be more to come from Fidel and the team. Stick around for that, and then make a date in your diary for tomorrow's titanic clash between India and Australia in Visakhapatnam. Ciao!

45.4
W
Smith to Prabodhani, OUT, pinged to cover, NSB holds on! Smith finally winkles out the last one, luring Prabodani into the drive again, and England have wrapped up a thumping win to go top of the group standings

KDU Prabodhani c Nat Sciver-Brunt b Smith 0 (18m 18b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

45.3
0
Smith to Prabodhani, no run, nicely flighted, this grips and turns past the attempted drive
45.2
1
Smith to Ranaweera, 1 run, loopy delivery on leg, turned through square for one
45.1
0
Smith to Ranaweera, no run, full on the stumps, patted back

END OF OVER:
45 | 1 Run | SL-W: 163/9 (91 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 3.62, RRR: 18.20)

  • Udeshika Prabodhani0 (16b)
  • Inoka Ranaweera2 (13b)
  • Charlie Dean9-1-47-2
  • Linsey Smith8-1-21-0

"Where is Jofra Archer when you need to blast out the last wicket ??" I dunno, Chris, but I'd probably have turned to Bell by now...

44.6
0
Dean to Prabodhani, no run, zipped through, Prabodani stands tall and jabs down in defence again
44.5
0
Dean to Prabodhani, no run, touch quicker, 84kph/52mph and blocked in front of the stumps

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18AMCJK AthapaththuGWHM Perera
1st19GWHM PereraRMVD Gunaratne
2nd58GWHM PereraH Samarawickrama
3rd3H SamarawickramaWK Dilhari
4th5AMCJK AthapaththuWK Dilhari
5th13AMCJK AthapaththuNND Silva
6th18MAA SanjeewaniNND Silva
7th11NND SilvaD Vihanga
8th12NND SilvaBMSM Kumari
9th0KDU PrabodhaniBMSM Kumari
10th7KDU PrabodhaniI Ranaweera