Issy Wong steps in for Mahika Gaur as Sri Lanka selected to bowl first
Toss Sri Lanka gained the toss and selected to bowl vs England
Sri Lanka gained the toss and selected to bowl first within the second T20I at Chelmsford, with each groups asserting one change to the line-ups that contested a humid opening fixture at Hove on Thursday night.
Inoshi Fernando comes into Sri Lanka’s assault instead of Kawya Kavindi, whereas Issy Wong has been handed her first worldwide look of the summer time, as she joins England’s tempo assault instead of the rookie Mahika Gaur, who claimed her maiden wicket with the ultimate ball of her debut in that Hove contest.
After an overcast begin to the day, the climate at Chelmsford was set honest for a immediate begin and a full contest, with Sri Lanka as soon as once more selecting to bowl first regardless of being taken for a hefty 186 for 4 in 17 overs of the opening match.
Chamari Athapaththu, Sri Lanka’s captain, insisted there have been positives to take from that 12-run loss – a margin which may have been considerably extra however for the DLS calculations – however mentioned that the onus was on bettering their bowling, after a run-hungry show from England, led by Alice Capsey’s 26-ball half-century.
On a hybrid pitch that’s unlikely to interrupt up a lot over the course of the sport, Heather Knight mentioned she was completely satisfied sufficient to lose the toss, as she wished to bat anyway.
“It’s a pretty decent surface, we want to make the most of it,” she mentioned. England have solely misplaced as soon as in 18 earlier limited-overs internationals at Chelmsford. Prior to the beginning of play, there was a cap presentation to mark the event of Sarah Glenn’s fiftieth T20I.
England 1 Danni Wyatt, 2 Maia Bouchier, 3 Alice Capsey, 4 Heather Knight (capt), 5 Amy Jones (wk), 6 Freya Kemp, 7 Danielle Gibson, 8 Sarah Glenn, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Kate Cross, 11 Issy Wong
Sri Lanka 1 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 3 Nilakshi de Silva, 4 Vishmi Gunaratne, 5 Kavisha Dilhari, 6 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 7 Inoka Ranaweera, 8 Sugandika Kumari, 9 Udeshika Prabodhani, 10 Hasini Perera, 11 Inoshi Fernando