Colombo, October 12 (IANS). In the 12th match of the Women’s World Championships 2025, England defeated Sri Lanka by 89 runs. Sri Lanka has so far not been able to win a single match in the World Cup. In the match played at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka had a target of 254 runs to win. Sri Lanka team was all in 45.4 overs for 164 runs and lost the match with a large margin of 89 runs. For Sri Lanka, Hasini Perera scored 35 runs, Harshitha Samarawickkrama scored 33 runs and Nilakshika Silva scored 23 runs. In addition, no batsman could face the bowlers of England. Sophie Eccleston bowled brilliantly for England. Eccleston bowled out 3 girls in ten overs and took 4 wickets while giving only 17 runs. Captain Nat Savier Brunt and Charlie Dean took 2-2 wickets, Linsey Smith and Elsie Capsey took 1-1 wicket. Earlier, after losing and batting for the first time, England scored 253 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Nat Sevier Brunt scored a century of 117 runs from 117 balls using 9 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from the captain, Tammy Beaumount scored 32 runs on 29 balls, Heather Knight scored 29 runs at 47 balls and Charlie Dean scored 19 runs at 36 balls. Despite having a good start, all the batsmen couldn’t expand their turn. Nat Sevier Brunt played the anchor role. She was out of the ninth wicket. During this time he made small partnerships and took the team’s score to 253. For Sri Lanka, Inoka Ranaweera took 3 wickets for 33 runs in ten overs. She was the best bowler for the team. Apart from this, Udeshika Prabodhni took 2 wickets for 55 runs in 9 overs, Sugandika Kumari took 2 wickets for 66 runs in 10 overs, and Kavisha Dilhadi took 1 wicket for 34 runs in 8 overs. This is the second defeat of Sri Lanka in the third match. One game was rinsed due to rain. Sri Lanka is in seventh place in the points table. While England moved to first place with 6 points with 3 wins in 3 games. –Is Bag Share This Story Tags
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