- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 pitched up and pinned in front first ball! That's plumb, Guna's a goner! Full enough and sliding in towards the poles with Gunarathne shuffling across. She misses, and Brunt hits the spot. Easy decision for Jacqueline Wilson, perfect start to CWG cricket for England 0/17.1 Kemp strikes first ball! And it's the big wicket, Athapaththu castled by the left-armer! Perfect length, hit the seam and straightened a fraction, past the bat into the top of off. Second case of immediate success for an England bowler today, and that dismissal means SL face an uphill task from here 38/35.3 aggression brings Perera down! Thumped back at the bowler, and Ecclestone takes a nonchalant catch! Struck firmly but straight at the England spinner, who stuck up both paws and clung on without drama. SL lose their second wicket inside the powerplay 33/213.2 carved in the air, straight to point! Wong's heat is too much for de Silva, looking to go up and over cover but ends up skewing a simple catch to the edge of the ring. Decent effort from de Silva but her dismissal extends the SL slump 74/511.2 chipped into the hands of short cover! The golden arm of Kemp does it again, enticing an uppish drive that loops tamely to Capsey, her fellow 17-year-old. Wasn't quite there for the shot, and Dilhari perishes 63/413.6 short, feisty and edged to the keeper! Banged in outside off at 118kph and Sanjeewani can only flail a deflection through to Jones as she takes on the pull. Double-wicket maiden for Wong, enjoying this outing at her manor 74/616.2 skied to mid-off! Kanchana looked to go big but the shot went straight up. Came down with snow on it, but Brunt steadied herself beneath the ball and clung on, falling to her backside after completing the catch 84/719.3 reverses again, caught off the back of the bat! Ungainly in the end, though full marks for enterprise. Swiped across the line but the ball looped up a few yards to the left of the keeper, for Jones to complete a simple dismissal 104/819.5 bowled 'er! Slung down and skidding into off stump, past a wild sweep from Kumari. SL could still get bowled out here 105/9Extras17 (b 2, lb 3, w 12)TOTAL106/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.3)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vishmi Gunaratne, 0.1 ov), 2-33 (Hasini Perera, 5.3 ov), 3-38 (Chamari Athapaththu, 7.1 ov), 4-63 (Kavisha Dilhari, 11.2 ov), 5-74 (Nilakshika Silva, 13.2 ov), 6-74 (Anushka Sanjeewani, 13.6 ov), 7-84 (Ama Kanchana, 16.2 ov), 8-104 (Oshadi Ranasinghe, 19.3 ov), 9-105 (Sugandika Kumari, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s WD NB K Sciver-Brunt 3 0 8 1 2.66 14 0 0 IECM Wong 3 1 10 2 3.33 14 2 0 A Capsey 1 0 11 0 11.00 4 2 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3 0 14 0 4.66 10 1 0 S Ecclestone 4 0 25 3 6.25 11 0 0 S Glenn 4 0 19 1 4.75 12 3 0 FG Kemp 2 0 14 2 7.00 7 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 goes hard but it comes off the toe of the bat - superbly caught at mid-off! Kanchana had to backpedal and then take the ball on the turn, as it dropped over her shoulder, but she makes no mistake. Big roar of celebration, SL have an early breakthrough 11/13.6 timbaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Slows it right down, Dunkley gets bored of waiting for the ball and heaves across the line, only to be bowled middle stump. Ranasinghe has chipped out both openers to give SL hope 26/216.6 Capsey is stumped with two needed! Looking to come down and finish it but walks straight past the ball, leaving Sanjeewani to complete the dismissal 105/58.3 hit on the front pad - given! Sciver has a chat with Capsey and then reviews. Looked pretty adjacent, straightening just a touch from round the wicket. Did it do enough to hit leg stump? Definitely no bat involved, here with go with ball-tracking: clattering leg! Big breakthrough for SL, the dangerous Sciver removed and England still only halfway to their target 57/310.1 hacked off a thick outside edge to point! Jones looks aghast, but she never got hold of that shot. Tossed up and skewed high into the off side, where Kumari holds a safe catch. SL scrapping away 63/4Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL109/5 (17.1 Overs, RR: 6.34)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1.4 ov), 2-26 (Sophia Dunkley, 3.6 ov), 3-57 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 8.3 ov), 4-63 (Amy Jones, 10.1 ov), 5-105 (Alice Capsey, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s WD NB BMSM Kumari 2 0 19 0 9.50 5 0 0 OU Ranasinghe 4 0 20 2 5.00 9 0 0 WGAKK Kulasuriya 1 0 10 0 10.00 3 1 0 I Ranaweera 4 0 29 3 7.25 9 1 0 WK Dilhari 3 0 13 0 4.33 6 0 0 KADA Kanchana 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 AMCJK Athapaththu 2.1 0 11 0 5.07 5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka Women , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days
30 July 2022 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0
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