Full scorecard of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier final available here Sri Lanka join Australia, India, New Zealand and Pakistan in Group A of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Scotland to feature in Group B along with hosts Bangladesh, England, South Africa and the West Indies Sri Lanka captain, Chamari Athapaththu,
Full scorecard available here Sri Lanka have joined Scotland as the second qualifier for this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which will be played in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October. The experienced Sri Lanka side was given a run for their money by hosts, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in defence of their 149-run
England U19 Women were defeated in their final One Day International match against the Tri-nation Series hosts in Galle, Sri Lanka. England were ‘all smiles’ and had nothing to lose when playing the final tour match. Australia had already won the ODI series outright before a single ball was bowled. England started well, until a
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
England v Sri Lanka – Third and Last ODI Grace Road, Leicester NSB’s holiday tip: take a few day’s off and return to find you’ve been appointed the company CEO and awarded a £100k bonus. In cricketing terms it meant, take over the England captaincy (Heather Knight under the weather) and score one of the
England v Sri Lanka – Second ODI Wantage Road, Northampton The heatwave is over. Rain prevented England from coasting to a second successive win in the three-match series. Jon Lewis made two changes, one forced. Emma Lamb suffered back spasms; Mahika Gaur was wisely rested. Backs are precious. But the continued ignoring of Bess Heath
England v Sri Lanka – First ODI Riverside, Chester-le-Street The PA announcement might have been: ’We apologise for any inconvenience’. England won by a street. Jon Lewis picked a team that many more fans might have agreed with than during the 1-2 reverse in the T20s. He opted more for pace than spin, which was
England v Sri Lanka – third T20 The usual phrase, ‘Heads must roll’ is less than likely in the world of cricket that England inhabit. But their performance at Derby, where they were rolled over by no fewer than seven wickets (a 20-over game, remember), speaks volumes. Once more batters found the bowling too testing.
One group who will be looking forward to the third of the three Sri Lanka T20s are the penny-counters at Derby. They can hardly have expected to see England arrive desperate to avoid another embarrassing defeat. A large crowd will be present, finger-nails protected from a nerve-ridden battering. After the visitors’ heroics at Chelmsford, all
Undone by Athapaththu – Second T20 The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford 2 September 2023 A memorable day for Sri Lanka in front of a packed crowd at Chelmsford. They overwhelmed England with a one-sided victory to post their first ever defeat of England at T20 level. England are asked to bat first for the second
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