England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17

England women's cricket team toured Sri Lanka in November 2016. The tour consisted of a series of four One Day Internationals, in which the final three were part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[2] England women won the series 4–0.

England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17
	Sri Lanka women	England women
Dates	9 – 17 November 2016
Captains	Inoka Ranaweera	Heather Knight (1st, 2nd & 4th WODI) Danielle Hazell (3rd WODI)[1]
One Day International series
Results	England women won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Nipuni Hansika (93)	Nat Sciver (185)
Most wickets	Inoka Ranaweera (8)	Danielle Hazell (9)

Squads

Sri Lanka	England[3]
Inoka Ranaweera (c) Prasadani Weerakkody (vc) Nilakshi de Silva Nipuni Hansika Chamari Atapattu Ama Kanchana Hansima Karunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Chamari Polgampola Hasini Perera Oshadi Ranasinghe Dilani Manodara Sripali Weerakkody Inoshi Priyadharshani Lasanthi Madushani Anushka Sanjeewani Malsha Shehani	Heather Knight (c for 1st, 2nd & 4th WODI) Danielle Hazell (c for 3rd WODI)[1] Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Georgia Elwiss Jenny Gunn Alex Hartley Amy Jones Beth Langston Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Lauren Winfield Fran Wilson Danni Wyatt

ODI series

1st ODI

9 November 2016 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  168/7 (50 overs)	v	England 171/2 (29.3 overs)
Dilani Manodara 27 (46) Heather Knight 2/29 (8 overs)		Nat Sciver 47* (40) Chamari Atapattu 1/23 (7 overs)

England Women won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Beth Langston (England Women) made her ODI debut.

2nd ODI

ICC Women's Championship 12 November 2016 Scorecard

England  295 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 173 (48.5 overs)
Heather Knight 53 (58) Inoka Ranaweera 3/48 (10 overs)		Hasini Perera 35 (90) Danielle Hazell 3/38 (10 overs)

England Women won by 122 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Play was suspended after 10.3 overs of England Women's innings due to rain but no overs were lost.
• ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.
• By winning this match, England Women qualified for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.[4]

3rd ODI

ICC Women's Championship 15 November 2016 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  161 (49.4 overs)	v	England 162/5 (29.3 overs)
Nipuni Hansika 29 (66) Alex Hartley 2/23 (6 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 78 (79) Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/26 (6 overs)

England Women won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was Danielle Hazell's first match as England Women's captain.
• ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

4th ODI

ICC Women's Championship 17–18 November 2016 Scorecard

England  240/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 78 (33.1 overs)
Nat Sciver 77 (74) Inoshi Priyadharshani 3/28 (10 overs)		Prasadani Weerakkody 32 (67) Laura Marsh 4/21 (10 overs)

England Women won by 162 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain stopped play after England Women's innings; no further play was possible on 17 November. Play resumed on 18 November.[5]
• Nat Sciver and Danielle Hazell's 104-run partnership was the highest by England Women for the seventh wicket and equalled the overall highest for the seventh wicket in Women's One Day International cricket.
• Laura Marsh (Eng) took her 100th WODI wicket.[6]
• ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

References

1. "England v Sri Lanka: Heather Knight & Katherine Brunt miss third ODI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
2. "England women confirm Sri Lanka ODI tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
3. "England Women's squad named for Sri Lanka tour". England & Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
4. "ICC Women's World Cup 2017: England qualify after beating Sri Lanka in Colombo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
5. "England v Sri Lanka: Nat Sciver and Danielle Hazell star before rain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
6. "England women win series 4-0 as Sri Lanka collapse to 78 all out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo