England win delayed toss, bowl first in bid for series-sealing win in opposition to Sri Lanka
England received the toss and selected to bowl vs Sri Lanka
England received the toss and opted to bowl first within the second ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in Northampton.
England are one up within the sequence following their convincing seven-wicket victory in Durham on Saturday, constructed on three-wicket hauls to younger debutants Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer in addition to leg-spinner Sarah Glenn. Amy Jones performed her half behind the stumps, changing into the primary England wicketkeeper to take 5 catches in a girls’s ODI and, on the eve of this match, credited a youthful injection of energy with serving to the house aspect bounce again from shedding the T20I leg of Sri Lanka’s tour 2-1.
England, nevertheless, opted to relaxation 17-year-old left-arm seamer Gaur in Northampton as a part of her workload administration, bringing in off-spinner Charlie Dean, whereas opener Emma Lamb is out with a again spasm, changed by Alice Davidson-Richards, who celebrated her late call-up to the ODI squad on Sunday with a century for South East Stars as they upset leaders Blaze within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
Davidson-Richards was named to bat within the center order with Maia Bouchier, who made her ODI debut within the first match of this sequence, set to open alongside Tammy Beaumont. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka introduced in Hansima Karunaratne and Kawya Kavindi for Nilakshi de Silva and Udeshika Prabodhani.
After morning drizzle delayed the toss by half an hour, play was set to get underway underneath in humid circumstances underneath overcast however vivid skies with no overs misplaced.
England: Tammy Beaumont, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, , Alice Davidson-Richards, Amy Jones (wk), Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer
Sri Lanka: Chamari Attapaththu (capt), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Hansima Karunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Hasini Perera, Kawya Kavindi