England win toss, bowl first with three debutants to face Sri Lanka
England received the toss and selected to subject vs Sri Lanka
England have received the toss and opted to bowl first within the opening fixture of their three-match ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka in Durham.
Sri Lanka acquired a giant confidence increase with their 2-1 T20I sequence victory, sealed in Derby on Wednesday, however England have introduced again vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt after she was rested for the primary leg of the tour, with Tammy Beaumont additionally again in motion after her continued omission from the shorter format. Allrounder Sciver-Brunt will play as a batter solely in a bid to present different gamers a chance to bowl.
England have handed debuts to 3 gamers, seamers Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer earn their maiden ODI caps alongside batter Maia Bouchier, who has made 22 T20I appearances for her nation. Danielle Gibson will miss the match after choosing up a minor facet harm.
Following their shock defeat within the T20Is – it was England’s first bilateral sequence loss within the format to a facet aside from Australia since 2010 – Heather Knight, the house captain, urged her facet towards “going in our shells”. “Being really positive,” she added of how her group would method this match, having struggled specifically towards Sri Lanka’s spinners throughout the two matches they misplaced. “We’ve been off the pace a bit, to be honest.”
Sri Lanka made two modifications to the facet which received the ultimate T20I with Achini Kulasuriya and Oshadi Ranasinghe changing Sugandika Kumari and Inoshi Priyadharshani.
England: Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, , Maia Bouchier, Amy Jones (wk), Sarah Glenn, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur
Sri Lanka: Chamari Attapaththu (capt), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya