After playing a nerve-wracking series against Australia in the Women’s Ashes Series, the English side is set to return to the international playing field as they face the visitors Sri Lanka in a 3-match T20I series as well as a 3-match ODI series.
England are coming on from an impressive Ashes series, where they defeated the World Champions in both the limited-over series while losing the one-off test, which led to them losing the urn as the series was tied at the scoreline of 8-8.
The visitors too will be pretty high on confidence, as they defeated New Zealand in their last one-day series. Although the Sri Lankan side lost the shortest-format series against the visitors New Zealand. Captain Chamari Athapaththu was the star player for Sri Lanka as she notched up 2 centuries in 3 games in the ODI series.
T20I Schedule: Sri Lanka women’s tour of England 2023
|
Date |
Day |
Match Number |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
|
31st August |
Thursday |
1st T20I |
Hove |
10:30 PM |
|
2nd September |
Saturday |
2nd T20I |
Chelmsford |
7:00 PM |
|
6th September |
Wednesday |
3rd T20I |
Derby |
10:30 PM |
ODI Schedule: Sri Lanka women’s tour of England 2023
|
Date |
Day |
Match Number |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
|
9th September |
Saturday |
1st ODI |
Chester-le-street |
3:30 PM |
|
12th September |
Tuesday |
2nd ODI |
Northampton |
5:00 PM |
|
14th September |
Thursday |
3rd ODI |
Leicester |
5:00 PM |
T20I squad of England and Sri Lanka women’s cricket team:
|
England |
Sri Lanka |
|
Heather Knight (C) |
Chamari Athapaththu (C) |
|
Maia Bouchier |
Nilakshi de Silva |
|
Bess Heath (WK) |
Vishmi Gunaratne |
|
Amy Jones (WK) |
Harshitha Samarawickrama |
|
Danni Wyatt |
Hasini Perera |
|
Alice Capsey |
Anushka Sanjeewani (WK) |
|
Charlie Dean |
Oshadi Ranasinghe |
|
Mahika Gaur |
Kavisha Dilhari |
|
Danielle Gibson |
Inoshi Priyadharshani |
|
Sarah Glenn |
Achini Kulasuriya |
|
Lauren Bell |
Sugandika Kumari |
|
Kate Cross |
Udeshika Prabodhani |
|
Lauren Filer |
Inoka Ranaweera |
|
Freya Kemp |
Imesha Dulani |
|
Issy Wong |
Hansima Karunaratne |
|
Kawya Kavindi |
ODI squad of England and Sri Lanka women’s cricket team:
|
England |
Sri Lanka |
|
Heather Knight (C) |
Chamari Athapaththu |
|
Tammy Beaumont |
Nilakshi de Silva |
|
Maia Bouchier |
Vishmi Gunaratne |
|
Bess Heath (WK) |
Harshitha Samarawickrama |
|
Amy Jones (WK) |
Hasini Perera |
|
Alice Capsey |
Anushka Sanjeewani (WK) |
|
Charlie Dean |
Oshadi Ranasinghe |
|
Mahika Gaur |
Kavisha Dilhari |
|
Danielle Gibson |
Inoshi Priyadharshani |
|
Sarah Glenn |
Achini Kulasuriya |
|
Emma Lamb |
Sugandika Kumari |
|
Nat Sciver-Brunt |
Udeshika Prabodhani |
|
Lauren Bell |
Inoka Ranaweera |
|
Kate Cross |
Imesha Dulani |
|
Lauren Filer |
Hansima Karunaratne |
|
Kawya Kavindi |
Milestones
Sri Lankan Captain Chamari Athapaththu is nearing 2,500 runs in the shortest format. Currently (Before the start of the 1st T20I) she has scored 2484 runs, requiring just 16 more runs to achieve this feat.
English opener Danni Wyatt is very close to completing 2500 international runs in the T20I format, currently she has accumulated 2478 runs, requiring just 22 runs to achieve this feat.
Sri Lankan top-order batter Harshitha Samarawickrama has scored 480 runs in the ODI format, she needs just 20 runs to complete the feat of scoring 500 international runs in the format.
Broadcast: Live Streaming
United Kingdom: In the United Kingdom, the series can be seen on the Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Go App.
India: In India, the series can be seen on the Fancode app.