Twitter Reactions: Nat Sciver-Brunt's record-breaking ton sets up 161-run Sri Lankan hammering
England won the match by 161 runs and won the series by 2-0.
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England women and Sri Lanka women took on each other in the third and final ODI of the series on Thursday, September 14 at Grace Road, Leicester. The start of the game got delayed due to heavy rain, however, the match did get underway as the two teams played a 31-over game.
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and invited England to bat first. The decision was vindicated by her bowlers who gave two early blows to the hosts dismissing Tammy Beaumont (2 off 5) and Alice Capsey (6 off 10) cheaply. Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt walked in at number four determined to bail her team out of trouble.
The England captain looked in a hurry as she brought up her half-century off just 32 balls. She got good support from Maia Boucher as the duo got involved in a massive 193-run partnership from 120 balls to take Englandโs total past 200. Bouchier unfortunately fell five runs short of her hundred getting dismissed for 95 (65) smashing 12 fours and two sixes in her innings.
However, Sciver-Brunt continued her breathtaking innings at the other end and completed her hundred in just 66 balls. Notably, it's the fastest ever hundred by an England woman cricketer in ODIs. She was eventually dismissed for a sensational 120 off 74 balls with the help of 18 fours and a six in her innings. Courtesy of her remarkable innings, England women posted a massive score of 273/8 in their allotted 31 overs. Kavisha Dilhari was the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka as she picked up 3/42 in her four-over spell.
Charlotte Dean picked five-wicket haul in the second innings
In reply, Sri Lanka didnโt get off to a good start in their chase losing their opener Anushka Sanjeewani (13 off 15) in the fifth over of the innings. In the very next over, Harshitha Samarawickrama (1 off 4) was dismissed by Mahika Gaur. The visitors failed to recover from the early blows and were left reeling at 46/4 after 8.5 overs.
Only Hasini Perera showed some fight with her knock of 32 (24). However, after her dismissal in the 15th over, Sri Lanka were staring down the barrel and got all out for 112. As a result, England won the match by 161 runs and won the series by 2-0. Charlotte Dean was the pick of the bowlers for England as she picked 5/31 in six overs while Luren Filer (3/30 in 6.5 overs) also picked up three wickets.
Players of the game toss up between
โ cj (@CJ911219) September 14, 2023
Brunt for the batting sessions and Dean for the bowling session ๐๐ฅ #ENGvSL
England complete a 2-0 series victory with a thumping win in the third ODI ๐คฉ#ENGvSL ๐: https://t.co/Ea3Hp2Kpad pic.twitter.com/rMIcdOljl1
โ ICC (@ICC) September 14, 2023
#cricket #WODI #ENGvSL Filer finishes it by bowling Kulasuriya for 12. SL 112 all out, giving England victory by 161 runs. England have emphatically avenged their loss of the T20 series.
โ Thomas Sutcliffe (@aspitweets) September 14, 2023
Woooooooooo great match well done #England ladies and big shout out to the Sri Lanka ladies who gave us a great series #ENGvSL #CricketTwitter
โ Bec (@bexg55) September 14, 2023
Best ODI bowling figures for England women against Sri Lanka:
โ hypocaust (@_hypocaust) September 14, 2023
5-31 Charlie Dean, today
4-14 Rosalie Fairbairn, 2005
4-21 Laura Marsh, 2016
4-22 Rosalie Fairbairn, 2005
4-30 Charlotte Edwards, 2010
4-45 Laura Marsh, 2017#ENGvSL #IWC https://t.co/iVZLqH6qtI
#cricket #WODI #ENGvSL SL have their highest score of the series - 107-9, after twice managing just 106.
โ Thomas Sutcliffe (@aspitweets) September 14, 2023
Fave England cricketer doing bits ๐๐พ Absolutely Love to see it! #ENGvSL #ODI ๐ https://t.co/6MJDJDBcLk
โ Faith Florence (@thefaithflo) September 14, 2023
Highest Score in 100th ODI Match :
โ Krish (Annabel Sutherland Stan) (@143NotOut) September 14, 2023
132* โ ๐๏ธ Chris Gayle vs ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, 2004
129 โ ๐ต๐ฐ Yousuf Youhana vs ๐ฑ๐ฐ, 2002
124 โ ๐ฆ๐บ David Warner vs ๐ฎ๐ณ, 2017
120 โ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Nat Sciver-Brunt vs ๐ฑ๐ฐ, 2023 **#ENGvsSL | #ENGvSL
Yesterday, @benstokes38 scores @ECB_cricket 's highest ever ODI score for men. Today, @natsciver scores the fastest Eng 100 for the women. Something about these mercurial English medium pace all rounders ๐ #ENGvSL #ENGvsNZ #BenStokes #NatSciverBrunt
โ Saieesh Mayya (@MayyaSaieesh) September 14, 2023
Yes, Botham, yes Flintoffโฆ
โ WG RumblePants (@WG_RumblePants) September 14, 2023
Nat Sciver-Brunt showing me that Iโm an idiot. https://t.co/hz2bbh7n6u pic.twitter.com/VdcGZfLiUC
Fastest Women's ODI Century for each Team
โ Krish (Annabel Sutherland Stan) (@143NotOut) September 14, 2023
(Balls)
๐ฆ๐บ โ Meg Lanning (45)
๐ณ๐ฟ โ Sophie Devine (59)
๐ฑ๐ฐ โ Chamari Athapaththu (60)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โ Nat Sciver-Brunt (66) **
๐๏ธ โ Deandra Dottin (71)
๐ณ๐ฑ โ Pauline te Beest (81)
๐ฟ๐ฆ โ Lizelle Lee (86)
๐ฎ๐ณ โ Harmanpreet Kaur (90)#ENGvSL | #ENGvsSL pic.twitter.com/V4jp5liavL
Mumbai Indians blood Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 120 runs in just 74 balls. She registered the fastest century in England's women's ODI cricket history ๐ฅ๐ฅต. #ENGvSL #ENGWvSLWpic.twitter.com/54iToqBDjU
โ Tejash (@TEJASH_45) September 14, 2023
Captains to score a century on their 100th ODI match :-
โ Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) September 14, 2023
Gordon Greenidge ๐๏ธ - 102 v PAK in 1988
Nat Sciver-Brunt ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - 120 v SL today#ENGvSL
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