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]
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
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
3rd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Maia Bouchier, Lauren Filer and Mahika Gaur (Eng) all made their ODI debuts.
- Women's Championship points: England 2, Sri Lanka 0.
2nd ODI
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- 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
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- 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.
References
- ^ "England Women 2023 Fixtures Announced". Essex Cricket. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Women's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Fixtures announced for Men's and Women's Ashes in 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Dates, venues changed for Sri Lanka Women's tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka name 16-member squad for Tour of England". ThePapare. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "England announce revised schedule for home series against Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Alice Capsey shines as hosts win rain-reduced T20 series opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Chamari Athapaththu leads from front as Sri Lanka rout England by eight wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Visitors take historic win in second T20 to level series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Tourists complete historic T20 series victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka stun England again to clinch historic series win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka crushed in 1st ODI". ThePapare. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Rain denies home side chance of ODI series win in Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "England v Sri Lanka: Nat Sciver-Brunt's sublime century secures ODI series win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "England Women name squads for Sri Lanka ODI and IT20 series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Mahika Gaur, Bess Heath earn maiden England call-ups for Sri Lanka series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for England Tour 2023". Sri Lanka Cricket. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "England speedster out of Sri Lanka series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Alice Davidson-Richards added to England ODI squad as Lauren Bell replacement". The Cricketer. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Live scores, live streams, video highlights and schedules from ECB Play-Cricket | powered by NV Play". live.nvplay.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Nat Sciver-Brunt, Maia Bouchier plunder Sri Lanka before Charlie Dean seals series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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