S Lanka (W) vs ENG Women, 1st ODI at Chester-le-Street, Sep 09 2023, Sri Lanka Women tour of England

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)

Player Of The Match
3/26
mahika-gaur
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Comms: Vithushan Ehantharajah
Scorecard summary
Sri Lanka Women 106/10(30.2 overs)
England Women 107/3(18 overs)
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

17.6
4
Athapaththu to Bouchier, FOUR runs

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

17.5
1
Athapaththu to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run

Short, hacked out to deep midwicket for a single

17.4
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 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 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...)

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
H Madavi
35 runs (44)
2 fours0 six
Productive shot
pull
13 runs
1 four0 six
Control
80%
TT Beaumont
32 runs (31)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
9 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
97%
Best performances - bowlers
S Glenn
ENG-W
O
8
M
1
R
20
W
3
ECO
2.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
2W
M Gaur
ENG-W
O
6.2
M
0
R
26
W
3
ECO
4.1
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
TossEngland Women, elected to field first
Series
Season2023
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland Women led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberWODI no. 1334
Match days9 September 2023 - day (50-over match)
WODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsEngland Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0
Language
English
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