Bouchier strokes the winning runs! Good length, Bouchier uses her feet and punches into the covers... and gets four! Wow, she's not really tried to hit that too hard but it races away from the chasing fielders and England have won the 1st WODI by 7 wickets! England take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series
SL Women vs ENG Women, 1st ODI at Chester-le-Street, ENG-W v SL-W, Sep 09 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st ODI, Chester-le-Street, September 09, 2023, Sri Lanka Women tour of England
(18/50 ov, T:107) 107/3
ENG Women won by 7 wickets (with 192 balls remaining)
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end of over 188 runs
ENG-W: 107/3CRR: 5.94
Maia Bouchier17 (17b 3x4)
Nat Sciver-Brunt2 (3b)
Chamari Athapaththu 3-0-23-0
Kavisha Dilhari 1-0-3-1
3:20pm: Right, that's all from us here. Join us on Tuesday for the second WODI in Northampton!
3:08pm: Heather Knight, England captain: "It was a good toss to win. I think Kate Cross went under the radar, she really supported Mahika. And Mahika bowled some magic balls! It's quite rare to have three debutants. I thought all of them were really good. Nice for Bouch, obviously - promoted up the order and getting some time in the middle. [On rotation] We've got a big squad and Mahika is 17 as well you've got to remember that so we've got to look after her."
3:07pm: And here's Chamari Athapaththu: "Today's a little bit of a tough day in the office. T20 is a different format and this is a different format. Mahika and Kate Cross bowled very good areas early, and we were under pressure and we didn't handle that pressure in the middle. We all know we needed 250, 260 on this wicket. We have to improve our batting, especially patience is very important on these wickets. I think we can bounce back in the next game."
3:04pm: Player of the match is Mahika Gaur: "It's about just bowling your best ball for longer. I've not played much 50-over cricket but there's more in it for the bowlers because they're not going as hard at you. I think the main thing (the coaches told her) was to keep doing what I do best, swing it back in."
2:59pm: A comprehensive victory with 32 overs spare - a good response to losing the T20I series. England did not really have to get out of third gear but their three ODI debutants - Gaur (3-26), Filer (3-27 and Bouchier (17*) - have had grand days out
17.5
1
Athapaththu to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
Short, hacked out to deep midwicket for a single
17.4
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Athapaththu to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run
Fired through, full-ish, outside off stump, driven into the ground by Sciver-Brunt
17.3
1
Athapaththu to Bouchier, 1 run
Good length, sits up nicely for Bouchier to roller her wrists into a easy pull for a single
17.2
1
Athapaththu to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
Off the mark with a short ball that she works across the line to deep square
17.1
1
Athapaththu to Bouchier, 1 run
Worked to the leg side to bring the 100 up. Sciver-Brunt to face the next delivery
Raji: "Woke up at 5.30 am on Saturday to see NSB play. Neither she did bowl nor bat. Hmm. But good game though." Hold your horses Raji - she's out there now!
end of over 173 runs • 1 wicket
ENG-W: 99/3CRR: 5.82 • RRR: 0.24 • Need 8 runs from 33 overs
Maia Bouchier11 (14b 2x4)
Kavisha Dilhari 1-0-3-1
Oshadi Ranasinghe 5-0-30-1
16.6
W
Dilhari to Knight, OUT
Gone! Well then... it looked like another wide down leg, but Knight opts to sweep for free runs and ends up gloving a loopy catch to the keeper
Heather Knight c †Sanjeewani b Dilhari 22 (22b 3x4 0x6) SR: 100
16.5
1
Dilhari to Bouchier, 1 run
Full of a good length again, this time Bouchier uses her feet and drives back to the bowler. It's not a clean gather, the ball squirting away to mid on, allowing a single
16.4
•
Dilhari to Bouchier, no run
Similar delivery, full of a good length, this time pinged to midwicket
16.3
•
Dilhari to Bouchier, no run
Full, though short enough for Bouchier to play this off the pitch, into the off side
16.2
•
Dilhari to Bouchier, no run
Good length, good bounce, too - worked from the top of off by Bouchier, to the fielder at midwicket
16.2
1w
Dilhari to Bouchier, 1 wide
Spins down the leg side - wide
16.1
1
Dilhari to Knight, 1 run
On a length, turning sharply but worked away to deep midwicket for a single
Dilhari into the attack for the first time with her offies
end of over 1610 runs
ENG-W: 96/2CRR: 6.00 • RRR: 0.32 • Need 11 runs from 34 overs
Heather Knight21 (20b 3x4)
Maia Bouchier10 (10b 2x4)
Oshadi Ranasinghe 5-0-30-1
Inoka Ranaweera 3-0-15-1
Here come the drinks, last orders at the bar. Over to Vish to see this one home
15.6
1
Ranasinghe to Knight, 1 run
lobbed up and tickled down to long-on
15.5
1
Ranasinghe to Bouchier, 1 run
lobbed up on the stumps, clipped through midwicket
15.4
4
Ranasinghe to Bouchier, FOUR runs
yes, she can, Bouched over mid-off! Skips down and launches four more over the infield
Free hit... can Maia give it a Mighty Boosh?
15.4
2nb
Ranasinghe to Knight, (no ball) 1 run
flat trajectory wide of off, Knight steers it square. Oh dear, and Ranasinghe has overstepped
15.3
1
Ranasinghe to Bouchier, 1 run
uses the feet, dinks another single down the ground
15.2
•
Ranasinghe to Bouchier, no run
flighted, comes across and taps back to the bowler
15.1
1
Ranasinghe to Knight, 1 run
looped up on the stumps, Knight clips down to long-on
England need just 21 more (at 0.60 RPO...)
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