The left-arm bowler Sophie Ecclestone delivered an impressive spell, helping England women to secure an 89-run victory against Sri Lanka in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 clash at Colombo.
She went on to pick four-for in her 10-over spell, helping the side to successfully defend their total and secure a mammoth win on Saturday’s clash. By this win, England went on to secure a top position in the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 points table.
After being invited to bat first, England had a slow start as they lost two wickets in the power play.
Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont opened the innings for England, while Udeshika Prabodhani opened the bowling attack.
Amy Jones got dismissed on a run out for 11 runs while Beaumont went back to the dugout for 32 runs. With Inoka Ranaweera bagging the wicket of Heather Knight for 29 runs, Nat Sciver-Brunt went on to take a solid stance.
However, other batters made a small partnership with Brunt. Sophie Dunkley scored 18 runs while Emma Lamb scored 13 runs before their dismissals.
In the meantime, the England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt went on to smash a century and helped the side to post 253 runs on the scoreboard.
Inoka Ranaweera bagged three wickets while Udeshika Prabodhani and Sugandika Kumari bagged two wickets each during their respective spells.
𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝟑 𝐢𝐧 𝟑!
𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝟐𝟓𝟑/𝟗 (𝟓𝟎)
Nat Sciver-Brunt – 117 (117)
Tammy Beaumont – 32 (29)
Inoka Ranaweera – 3/33 (10)𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚: 𝟏𝟔𝟒/𝟏𝟎 (𝟒𝟓.𝟒)
Hasini Perera – 35 (60)
Harshitha Samarawickrama – 33 (37)
Sophie Ecclestone… pic.twitter.com/tYJXpx3rWh— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) October 11, 2025
In the pursuit of chasing 254 runs, Hasini Perera and Chamari Athapaththu opened the innings while Lauren Bell opened the bowling attack.
After Athapaththu got retired hurt, Vishmi came to bat and scored only 10 runs before being dismissed by Charlie Dean. Perera went on to score 35 runs off 60 deliveries and helped Sri Lanka to post 95 runs for the 2nd wicket.
With Kavisha Dilhari got dismissed cheaply, Chamari Athapaththu came to bat and got dismissed for 15 runs.
Nilakshi de Silva went on to show resistance in the middle order, scoring 23 runs, but Sri Lanka got bowled out for 164 runs in the 46th over.
Sophie Ecclestone went on to pick four wickets while, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlotte Dean went on to 2 wickets, and Linsey Smith and Alice Capsey went on to pick 1 wickets each.
England Women will play their next match against Pakistan Women on October 15 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
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