Sri Lanka Women are touring England to participate in a 3 match T20I series and ODI series starting on the 31st of August, 2023.

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Fixtures Schedule and Results

The tour will begin from the T20I series. The first T20I will be played on 31st August at The County Ground, Hove while the third and Final T20I will be played on the 6th of September at the County Ground, Derby.

The ODI series will begin on the 9th of September. The first ODI will be played at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. The third and the final ODI will be played on the 14th of September at the Grace Road, Leicester.

Chamari Athapaththu will be leading the Sri Lankan Women for both T20I's as well as the ODI's while Heather Knight will captain the English side for the tour.

English all rounder Freya Kemp has made a comeback into the T20I side. She performed very well in The Hundred Women's and is now reaping it's fruits in terms of selection. Tammy Beaumont on the other hand has been ignored from the T20I squad despite her magnificent performance in The Hundred Women's. She has been drafted for the ODI's though.

Sophie Ecclestone and Sophia Dunkley will miss out on the series. Nat Sciver-Brunt will sit out for the T20I series but will return for the ODI challenge. Danielle Wyatt will miss out on the ODI leg of the tour.

The Head Coach Jon Lewis was very confident of the squad and stated, "We have named a squad with a good blend of youth and experience and see this as an important series to test the depth of playing pool.

We have some exciting, new young players coming in who we are looking forward to working with".

As for the Sri Lankan Women, Harshitha Samarawickrama has been in phenomenal touch lately and she will play an important role for her team with the bat.

Inoka Ranaweera and Oshadi Ranasinghe will hold the responsibility with the ball.

Both the teams would like to give in their best shot at both the formats in the tour.

Let's have a look at the squads:

Sri Lanka squad for T20I's:

Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Oshadi Ranasinghe (Vice Captain), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaveesha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Anushka Sanjeewani – WK, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Kawya Kavindi, Inoshi Fernando, Hansima Karunaratne, Hasini Perera, Imesha Dulani

England Women squad for T20I's:

Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm), Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers), Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers), Alice Capsey (South East Stars), Kate Cross (Thunder), Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers), Lauren Filer (Western Storm), Mahika Gaur (Thunder), Danielle Gibson (Western Storm), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds), Amy Jones (Central Sparks), Freya Kemp (Southern Vipers), Issy Wong (Central Sparks), Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)

Sri Lanka squad for ODI's:

Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Oshadi Ranasinghe (Vice Captain), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaveesha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Anushka Sanjeewani – WK, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Kawya Kavindi, Inoshi Fernando, Hansima Karunaratne, Hasini Perera, Imesha Dulani

England Women squad for ODI's:

Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm), Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze), Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers), Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers), Alice Capsey (South East Stars), Kate Cross (Thunder), Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers), Lauren Filer (Western Storm), Mahika Gaur (Thunder), Danielle Gibson (Western Storm), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds), Amy Jones (Central Sparks), Emma Lamb (Thunder), Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)

Fixtures:

T20I Series:

1st IT20: Thursday 31 August 2023, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

2nd IT20: Saturday 2 September, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford

3rd IT20: Wednesday 6 September, The Incora County Ground, Derby

ODI Series:

1st ODI: Saturday 9 September, Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street

2nd ODI: Tuesday 12 September, The County Ground, Northampton

3rd ODI: Thursday 14 September, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

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