Sri Lanka bowl, Bess Heath debuts for England
Toss Sri Lanka selected to bowl vs England
Sri Lanka gained a rain-delayed toss and opted to bowl first within the third and last ODI towards England in Leicester.
In scenes bearing a putting resemblance to those who greeted the beginning of play in Tuesday’s washed-out second match in Northampton, regular morning drizzle pushed again the beginning time, on this event by rather a lot longer, greater than three hours in actual fact, to three.40pm native time with the competition diminished to 31 overs per facet.
England made two adjustments, handing Bess Heath her worldwide debut with captain Heather Knight having to return to the workforce lodge attributable to sickness. Nat Sciver-Brunt, taking part in her a hundredth ODI, takes over captaincy duties in Knight’s absence. Mahika Gaur, the 17-year-old left-arm seamer whose three wickets earned her Player of the Match on her ODI debut in Durham on Saturday, returns after being rested for the second recreation, changing Kate Cross.
With Emma Lamb nonetheless affected by the again spasm which saved her out of the Northampton fixture, Maia Bouchier will open alongside Tammy Beaumont for the second match in a row whereas Alice Capsey strikes as much as No. 3 in Knight’s place and Heath was slated to bat at No. 7.
Sri Lanka made one change, bringing in batter Imesha Dulani for Vishmi Gunaratne.
England, who misplaced the T20Is 2-1, lead the ODI leg of the tour 1-0 after profitable the opening match by seven wickets. They had Sri Lanka 106 for 9 inside 31 overs earlier than the rain returned for good in Northampton.
England: 1 Tammy Beaumont, 2 Maia Bouchier, 3 Alice Capsey, 4 Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt), 5 Amy Jones (wk), 6 Alice Davidson-Richards, 7 Bess Heath, 8 Charlie Dean, 9 Sarah Glenn, 10 Lauren Filer, 11 Mahika Gaur
Sri Lanka: 1 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 2 Imesha Dulani, 3 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 4 Hasini Perera, 5 Hansima Karunaratne, 6 Kavisha Dilhari, 7 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 8 Oshadi Ranasinghe, 9 Udeshika Prabodhani, 10 Achini Kulasuriya, 11 Inoka Ranaweera