England U19 Women secured an IT20 series victory, winning three out of their four matches played against Australia and Sri Lanka
Playing in 30 degree heat, hosts Sri Lanka looked set to cause an upset after beating both England and Australia by narrow margins in both their opening matches.
Josie Groves played a Skipper’s innings scoring 57 (from 41 balls) to chalk-up England’s first win – beating Australia, partnered by Jodi Grewcock 31 (from 33 balls)
Australia also fought back, beating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in their return match, leaving the competition wide open with honours even.
England won their remaining three matches, beating Australia (twice) and Sri Lanka (both with five overs to spare); to secure England’s series win.
Davina Perrin (pictured) (133 runs from 4 innings) was England’s top batter, scoring back-to-back winning fifties during what turned out to be ‘must-win’ matches.
With best figures of 4/19, England’s top bowler Ava Lee bagged a total of 7 wickets. Next best was Sophia Smale bagging 5 wickets, with best figures of 3/19.
U19 Women’s Tri-nation Series Results, at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium at Hanbantota, Sri Lanka
Wednesday 28 March: (1st IT20), Sri Lanka 117-6 (20 ov) beat Australia 110-5(20 ov) by 7 runs <3h14m43s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD_ufcLDEOY
Thursday 29 March: (2nd IT20), England 146-10 (19.3 ov) beat Australia 111-5 (20 ov) by 35 runs <3h22m44s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSUXJ_-pZXQ
Friday 30 March: (3rd IT20), Sri Lanka 128-7 (20 ov) beat England 122-7 (20 ov) by 6 runs <3h35m04s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnDuHsRcn0I
Monday 1 April: (4th IT20), Australia 133-3 (20 ov) beat Sri Lanka 132-7 (20 ov) by 7 wickets <3h15m07s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qUqJet6U8
Tuesday 2 April: (5th IT20), England 126-3 (13.3 ov) beat Australia 124-9 (20 ov) by 7 wickets <2h53m49s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dieX3ht0Bo4
Wednesday 3 April: (6th IT20), England 127-4 (14.3 ov) beat Sri Lanka 126-9 (20 ov) by 6 wickets <3h14m50s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krV0brIRG5I
Remaining U19 Women’s Tri-nation Series Fixtures (50 overs)
England return to action where they take on the same two teams in the two remaining matches of the 50 overs series
Friday 5 April: (1st ODI), Australia 228 (48.5 ov) beat Sri Lanka 140-10 (44 ov) by 88 runs <6h51m09s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpqIrqxGjdQ
Sunday 7 April: (2nd ODI), Australia vs England
Tuesday 9 April: (3rd ODI), England vs Sri Lanka
