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England will face Sri Lanka in the 12th league stage match of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The match will start at 3:00 PM IST at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The toss will take place at 2:30 pm.
Both the teams will face each other for the fifth time in Colombo. England has won all four matches played before this.
England has registered its second win in the tournament by defeating Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the last match. England is at second place in the points table.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka played its first match against India, which it lost by 59 runs. The team’s second match was canceled due to rain. Sri Lanka team is currently in sixth place.
Will face each other for the 7th time in the World Cup So far 20 Women’s ODIs have been played between England and Sri Lanka. In these, England has completely had the upper hand. The English team won 17 matches. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team could win only 1 match. Whereas results of 2 matches could not be declared due to rain. 6 matches were played in the World Cup, in which England won 5 and Sri Lanka won 1 match.
Ranaweera took 4 wickets against India Sri Lanka did not have a good start in the tournament. The team had lost against India in the first match. However, team captain Chamari Atapattu had played an inning of 43 runs in this match. At the same time, Inoka Ranaweera had performed well in bowling. Ranaweera had taken 4 wickets. In this match, Sri Lanka will try to register its first win in the tournament.
Heather Knight scored the most runs Heather Knight has scored the most runs for England in the tournament. Knight scored 79 runs in 2 matches. Linsey Smith is on top in bowling. Smith has taken 5 wickets in the first 2 matches.
25th Women’s ODI will be played in Colombo Spinners get a lot of help on this ground. Bangladesh had won against Pakistan by 7 wickets on the basis of its spin attack. So far 24 women’s ODIs have been played here. In 14, the team batting first won and in 10, the team chasing won. The fourth match will be played here in this World Cup.
There is a possibility of rain in Colombo today Today the temperature in Colombo can go up to 31 degrees Celsius. There is also a possibility of rain on the match day. There is a 58% chance of rain here today. The Australia-Sri Lanka match here on October 4 was canceled due to rain.
Possible playing XI of both the teams England: Amy Jones (wk), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Emma Lumb, Nate Siver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wicketkeeper), Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandhika Kumari, Umadhika Prabodhini and Inoka Ranaweera.
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