Sri Lanka women's cricket team in England in 2023

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Sri Lanka women's cricket team in England in 2023
  Flag of England.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
  England Sri Lanka
Dates 31 August 2023 – 14 September 2023
Captains Heather Knight Chamari Athapaththu
One Day International series
Results England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Nat Sciver-Brunt (122) Hasini Perera (73)
Most wickets Lauren Filer (8) Kavisha Dilhari (4)
Player of the series Lauren Filer (Eng)
Twenty20 International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Alice Capsey (63) Chamari Athapaththu (114)
Most wickets Sarah Glenn (2)
Alice Capsey (2)
Kavisha Dilhari (5)
Chamari Athapaththu (5)
Player of the series Chamari Athapaththu (SL)

The Sri Lanka women's cricket team toured England in August and September 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the dates of this series in September 2022, [3] before revising the fixtures in May 2023 after women's cricket in the 2022 Asian Games was confirmed. [4] The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship tournament. [5] The T20I series formed part of Sri Lanka's preparation for the Asian Games. [6]

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England won the rain-affected first match of the T20I series by 12 runs via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method. [7] Sri Lanka won the second T20I by 8 wickets, [8] which was their first win over England in the format. [9] Sri Lanka later registered their maiden series victory over England, [10] as they defeated England by 7 wickets in the third and final T20I. [11]

In the first match of the ODI series, England defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. [12] The second ODI saw a delayed start because of rain, and was eventually abandoned after 30.5 overs of play in the first innings with Sri Lanka struggling at 106/9. [13] England won the third ODI by 161 runs to take the series 2–0. [14]

Squads

Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
ODIs [15] T20Is [16] ODIs and T20Is [17]

Lauren Bell missed the first two T20I matches due to illness and was ruled out of the rest of the series before the third T20I. [18] Alice Davidson-Richards was called up as her replacement in England's squad for the final two ODI matches. [19]

Tour match

28 August 2023
Scorecard
England Development  Flag of England.svg
118/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
139/7 (20 overs)
Liberty Heap 30 (22)
Kavisha Dilhari 2/8 (2 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 44 (30)
Grace Scrivens 3/27 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel
Umpires: Grace Bambury (Eng) and Rose Fernando (Eng)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.
  • Match continued after the target was reached.

Another match between the two teams on the same day was called off before the scheduled start of play. [20]

T20I series

1st T20I

31 August 2023
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
186/4 (17 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
55/3 (6 overs)
Alice Capsey 51 (27)
Kavisha Dilhari 1/18 (3 overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 18 (8)
Charlie Dean 1/6 (1 over)
England won by 12 runs (DLS method)
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Robert White (Eng)
Player of the match: Alice Capsey (Eng)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • The first innings and second innings were reduced to 17 overs and 6 overs respectively due to rain. Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 68 runs.

2nd T20I

2 September 2023
14:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
104 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
110/2 (13.2 overs)
Charlie Dean 34 (26)
Inoshi Priyadharshani 2/16 (4 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 55 (31)
Danielle Gibson 1/9 (1 over)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

6 September 2023
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
116 (19 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
117/3 (17 overs)
Maia Bouchier 23 (18)
Chamari Athapaththu 3/21 (4 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 44 (28)
Sarah Glenn 2/23 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Rob White (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

9 September 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
106 (30.2 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
107/3 (18 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 35 (44)
Sarah Glenn 3/20 (8 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 32 (31)
Kavisha Dilhari 1/3 (1 over)
England won by 7 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
Player of the match: Mahika Gaur (Eng)

2nd ODI

12 September 2023
12:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
106/9 (30.5 overs)
v
Chamari Athapaththu 34 (34)
Charlie Dean 2/12 (7 overs)
No result
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Women's Championship points: England 1, Sri Lanka 1.

3rd ODI

14 September 2023
12:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
273/8 (31 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
112 (24.5 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 120 (74)
Kavisha Dilhari 3/42 (4 overs)
Hasini Perera 32 (24)
Charlie Dean 5/31 (6 overs)
England won by 161 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and James Middlebrook (Eng)
Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 31 overs per side due to rain.
  • Bess Heath (Eng) made her ODI debut.
  • Charlie Dean (Eng) took her first five-wicket haul in ODIs. [21]
  • Women's Championship Points: England 2, Sri Lanka 0.

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