England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19

	Sri Lanka women	England women
Dates	13 – 28 March 2019
Captains	Chamari Athapaththu	Heather Knight
One Day International series
Results	England women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Oshadi Ranasinghe (90)	Amy Jones (209)
Most wickets	Inoshi Priyadharshani (3) Oshadi Ranasinghe (3)	Anya Shrubsole (5) Alex Hartley (5) Kate Cross (5)
Twenty20 International series
Results	England women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Hansima Karunaratne (73)	Amy Jones (111)
Most wickets	Oshadi Ranasinghe (2) Shashikala Siriwardene (2)	Linsey Smith (4)

The England women's cricket team toured Sri Lanka to play the Sri Lanka women's national cricket team in March 2019.^[1][2] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship,^[3] and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20) matches.^[4][5]

England Women won the WODI series 3–0.^[6] The series defeat meant that Sri Lanka Women could no longer qualify directly for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup, progressing to the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament instead.^[7] England Women also won the WT20I series 3–0.^[8]

Squads

WODIs		WT20Is
Sri Lanka[9]	England[10]	Sri Lanka[11]	England[10]
Chamari Athapaththu (c) Kavisha Dilhari Hansima Karunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Inoshi Priyadharshani Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranaweera Harshitha Samarawickrama Anushka Sanjeewani Nilakshi de Silva Shashikala Siriwardene Prasadani Weerakkody	Heather Knight (c) Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Freya Davies Sophia Dunkley Sophie Ecclestone Georgia Elwiss Alex Hartley Amy Jones (wk) Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Linsey Smith Fran Wilson Lauren Winfield Danni Wyatt	Chamari Athapaththu (c) Hansima Karunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Dilani Manodara Imalka Mendis Madushika Methtananda Hasini Perera Inoshi Priyadharshani Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranaweera Harshitha Samarawickrama Anushka Sanjeewani Nilakshi de Silva Shashikala Siriwardene Umesha Thimashini	Heather Knight (c) Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Freya Davies Sophia Dunkley Sophie Ecclestone Georgia Elwiss Amy Jones (wk) Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Linsey Smith Fran Wilson Lauren Winfield Danni Wyatt

Sophie Ecclestone was ruled out of England's squad, after suffering a broken hand during the WODI series against India in February 2019.^[12] Katherine Brunt was later added to England's squads.^[13]

Tour match

50-over match: Sri Lanka Women Emerging Team v England Women

13 March 2019 09:50 Scorecard

England  319/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Women Emerging Team 166 (40 overs)
Lauren Winfield 80 (82) Madushika Methtananda 2/58 (9 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 59 (82) Heather Knight 4/13 (3 overs)

England Women won by 153 runs P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Asanga Jayasooriya (SL)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

WODI series

1st WODI

ICC Women's Championship 16 March 2019 09:50 Scorecard

England  331/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 159/8 (40 overs)
Nat Sciver 93 (73) Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/71 (10 overs)		Oshadi Ranasinghe 51* (72) Katherine Brunt 3/24 (7 overs)

England Women won by 154 runs (DLS method) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka Women were set a revised target of 314 runs from 40 overs due to rain.
• Points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

2nd WODI

ICC Women's Championship 18 March 2019 09:50 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  187/9 (50 overs)	v	England 188/4 (33.3 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 42 (46) Alex Hartley 3/36 (10 overs)		Amy Jones 54 (39) Inoshi Priyadharshani 3/45 (9 overs)

England Women won by 6 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

3rd WODI

ICC Women's Championship 21 March 2019 09:50 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  174 (50 overs)	v	England 177/2 (26.1 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 42 (72) Kate Cross 2/25 (10 overs)		Amy Jones 76 (58) Shashikala Siriwardene 2/56 (7.1 overs)

England Women won by 8 wickets FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

24 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  94 (19 overs)	v	England 95/2 (14.2 overs)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 20 (24) Linsey Smith 3/18 (4 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 50* (43) Chamari Athapaththu 1/14 (3 overs)

England Women won by 8 wickets P. Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya (SL) and Nilan De Silva (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Freya Davies (Eng) made her WT20I debut.
• Tammy Beaumont (Eng) scored her 1,000th run in WT20Is.^[14]

2nd WT20I

26 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  108/6 (20 overs)	v	England 109/2 (13.5 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 24 (30) Katherine Brunt 2/31 (4 overs)		Danni Wyatt 37 (25) Shashikala Siriwardene 2/26 (4 overs)

England Women won by 8 wickets P. Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WT20I

28 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard

England  204/2 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 108/6 (20 overs)
Amy Jones 57 (38) Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/28 (4 overs)		Hansima Karunaratne 44* (53) Kate Cross 2/20 (4 overs)

England Women won by 96 runs P. Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Madushika Methtananda (SL) made her WT20I debut.
• Nat Sciver (Eng) scored her 1,000th run in WT20Is.^[15]
• England Women made the highest total in Sri Lanka in WT20Is.^[15]

References

1. "Brunt and Taylor return as England announce squads for India, Sri Lanka tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
2. "Sarah Taylor to make limited return for India tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
3. "SL women pick Sugandika Kumari, Hansima Karunaratne for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
4. Miller, Nick (7 February 2019). "Sarah Taylor to make limited England return on upcoming tour". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
5. "Fixtures announced for England's tour of Sri Lanka". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
6. "England Women seal 3–0 series sweep with eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
7. "All-round England secure clean-sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
8. "England beat Sri Lanka in final T20 to win series 3-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
9. "Sri Lanka Women announce ODI squad to face England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
10. "England Women name squad for India and Sri Lanka". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
11. "Sri Lanka announce squad for T20Is against England". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
12. "Sophie Ecclestone: England spinner out of India and Sri Lanka tour with broken hand". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
13. "Will England elevate to the 2nd position in the ICC Women's Championship table?". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
14. "Beaumont happy to see Davies' sacrifices paying off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
15. "England Women break records for 3-0 series sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo