England must wait for their chance to win the ODI series against Sri Lanka after Tuesday’s match in Northampton was canceled due to rain.
Heather Knight’s side, aiming to build on Sunday’s seven-wicket win in their opening ODI at Chester-Le-Street, had seized the initiative after electing to field first in overcast conditions at the County Ground.
Returning duo Charlie Dean (2-12) and Alice Davidson-Richards (2-16) made a huge impact with the ball for England, while Lauren Filer continued the impressive start to her white-ball international career as she took 2-25 from eight overs.
Sri Lanka’s only real resistance came from skipper Chamari Athapathu (34) and Hosseini Perera (31 not out), who survived two catch chances down the field, but rain in the 31st over with the tourists 106-9 down led to an early start. Close as England continue to lead the three-match series 1-0.
Sri Lanka falter before the rain intervenes
Some eyebrows were raised when England’s line-up for the draw was announced as Mahika Gaur was rested despite the 17-year-old taking three wickets on her ODI debut, while Emma Lamb was ruled out with a back injury. spasm.
All players Davidson Richards were added to the squad on Sunday, with Dean replacing them, although it was not surprising to see Knight immediately opt to bowl in the toss on a cloudy day that saw rain delay the start by half an hour.
When play began, England’s opening bowlers Kate Cross and Loren Filer both took a lead inside the first Powerplay. Cross took an edge from Vishmi Gunaratne (8) to Amy Jones in the third over, and five overs later, Filer tempted Harshitha Samarawickrama (6) to swing her bat at a shorter ball heading down the side which the England wicket-keeper also caught. .
Sri Lanka captain Athapathu looked in good stead though as she hit a six and lofted a cross over midwicket for a six in her 34th over. However, bowler Dean took just four balls to bat and removed the dangerous left-hander, trapping her lbw and leaving the tourists 53-3 down. After 10 times.
Pereira and Hansima Karunaratne tried to dig, but the latter went for just eight in the 17th over when Davidson-Richards connected Glenn on the deep backward point boundary.
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Stephen Finn finds himself moderating a very important question among the crowd at the second ODI between England and Sri Lanka in Northampton!
Knight then dropped a catch into the slips of new batsman Kavisha Dilhari in the next over, but one ball later she departed without bothering the scorer as Dean claimed her second wicket with a brilliant catch and bowler.
Pereira was thwarted by Tammy Beaumont as well, escaping catch after a brilliant piece from Nat Shaver-Brent prevented a six, but wickets fell at regular intervals as seamer Davidson Richards claimed another scalp when Anushka Sanjeewani kept going for a duck and Sarah Glynn were snared. Aushadhi Ranasinghe (12) lbs.
Filer picked up another wicket twice in her second over, leaving Udeshika Prabodhani all the way to Jones without scoring, then disastrously run out Achini Kulasuriya for a duck on the penultimate ball of the 31st over to leave Sri Lanka nine down as rain fell. Play until you stop.
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Achni Kulasuriya is out of sorts at the off-spinner’s end as she wanders outside the crease and Kate Cross flicks the ball over from cover.
The tourists now need to win the final match of the series in Leicester on Thursday to reach level to finish the series, while another win or no result for England will see them seal victory after a shock loss in the IT20 series between these teams. .
What then?
The teams now head to Leicester for the final match of this three-match series. This will take place on Thursday 4 September starting at 12.30pm, with live coverage on Sky Sports Cricket from 12pm. Also stream on now.
