England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17

International cricket tour

England women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016–17

	Sri Lanka women	England women
Dates	9 – 17 November 2016
Captains	Inoka Ranaweera	Heather Knight (1st, 2nd & 4th WODI) Danielle Hazell (3rd WODI)^[1]
One Day International series
Results	England women won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Nipuni Hansika (93)	Nat Sciver (185)
Most wickets	Inoka Ranaweera (8)	Danielle Hazell (9)

England women's cricket team toured Sri Lanka in November 2016. The tour consisted of a series of four One Day Internationals, in which the final three were part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.^[2] England women won the series 4–0.

Squads

Sri Lanka	England^[3]
Inoka Ranaweera (c) Prasadani Weerakkody (vc) Nilakshi de Silva Nipuni Hansika Chamari Athapaththu Ama Kanchana Hansima Karunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Chamari Polgampola Hasini Perera Oshadi Ranasinghe Dilani Manodara Sripali Weerakkody Inoshi Priyadharshani Lasanthi Madushani Anushka Sanjeewani Malsha Shehani	Heather Knight (c for 1st, 2nd & 4th WODI) Danielle Hazell (c for 3rd WODI)^[1] Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Georgia Elwiss Jenny Gunn Alex Hartley Amy Jones Beth Langston Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Lauren Winfield Fran Wilson Danni Wyatt

ODI series

1st ODI

9 November 2016
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 168/7 (50 overs)	v	England 171/2 (29.3 overs)
Dilani Manodara 27 (46) Heather Knight 2/29 (8 overs)		Nat Sciver 47* (40) Chamari Athapaththu 1/23 (7 overs)

England Women won by 8 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Beth Langston (England Women) made her ODI debut.

2nd ODI

ICC Women's Championship
12 November 2016
Scorecard

England 295 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 173 (48.5 overs)
Heather Knight 53 (58) Inoka Ranaweera 3/48 (10 overs)		Hasini Perera 35 (90) Danielle Hazell 3/38 (10 overs)

England Women won by 122 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL)

Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
Play was suspended after 10.3 overs of England Women's innings due to rain but no overs were lost.
ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.
By winning this match, England Women qualified for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.^[4]

3rd ODI

ICC Women's Championship
15 November 2016
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 161 (49.4 overs)	v	England 162/5 (29.3 overs)
Nipuni Hansika 29 (66) Alex Hartley 2/23 (6 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 78 (79) Oshadi Ranasinghe 2/26 (6 overs)

England Women won by 5 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
This was Danielle Hazell's first match as England Women's captain.
ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

4th ODI

ICC Women's Championship
17–18 November 2016
Scorecard

England 240/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 78 (33.1 overs)
Nat Sciver 77 (74) Inoshi Priyadharshani 3/28 (10 overs)		Prasadani Weerakkody 32 (67) Laura Marsh 4/21 (10 overs)

England Women won by 162 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)

England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain stopped play after England Women's innings; no further play was possible on 17 November. Play resumed on 18 November.^[5]
Nat Sciver and Danielle Hazell's 104-run partnership was the highest by England Women for the seventh wicket and equalled the overall highest for the seventh wicket in Women's One Day International cricket.
Laura Marsh (Eng) took her 100th WODI wicket.^[6]
ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

References

^ ^a ^b "England v Sri Lanka: Heather Knight & Katherine Brunt miss third ODI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^ "England women confirm Sri Lanka ODI tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ "England Women's squad named for Sri Lanka tour". England & Wales Cricket Board. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "ICC Women's World Cup 2017: England qualify after beating Sri Lanka in Colombo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "England v Sri Lanka: Nat Sciver and Danielle Hazell star before rain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "England women win series 4-0 as Sri Lanka collapse to 78 all out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

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Commonwealth Games	2022

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T20 World Cup finals	2018

See also

Record by opponent

Sri Lanka women's national cricket team

Players

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Competitions

Asia Cup	2004 2005–06 2006 2008 2012 2016 2018 2022
Asian Games	2014
Challenge Series	2010
Tri-Nation series	2008–09
Quadrangular Series	2011

v t e 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship
2014	India in England (Aug) Pakistan in Australia (Aug) New Zealand in West Indies (Sep) South Africa in Sri Lanka (Oct) South Africa in India (Nov) West Indies in Australia (Nov)
2015	Sri Lanka in Pakistan (Jan) England in New Zealand (Feb) South Africa in Pakistan (Mar) West Indies in Sri Lanka (May) New Zealand in India (Jun) Australia in England (Jul) Pakistan in West Indies (Oct) Sri Lanka in New Zealand (Nov)
2016	India in Australia (Feb) England in South Africa (Feb) Sri Lanka in India (Feb) Australia in New Zealand (Feb) West Indies in South Africa (Feb) Pakistan in England (June) Australia in Sri Lanka (Sep) New Zealand in South Africa (Oct) England in West Indies (Oct) Pakistan in New Zealand (Nov) West Indies in India (Nov) England in Sri Lanka (Nov) South Africa in Australia (Nov)
Following tournament: 2017–21 ICC Women's Championship

v t e International cricket in 2016–17
Preceding season: International cricket in 2016
September 2016	Australia Women in Sri Lanka New Zealand in India Afghanistan in Bangladesh Ireland in South Africa Australia in South Africa West Indies vs. Pakistan in United Arab Emirates
October 2016	New Zealand Women in South Africa England Women in West Indies England in Bangladesh Oman in United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe World Cricket League Division Four
November 2016	Papua New Guinea in Hong Kong South Africa in Australia England in India Pakistan women in New Zealand England Women in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Tri-Series Pakistan in New Zealand West Indies women in India South Africa women in Australia Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
December 2016	New Zealand in Australia Afghanistan in United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka in South Africa Pakistan in Australia ACC Under-19 Asia Cup Bangladesh in New Zealand
January 2017	South African women in Bangladesh Desert T20 Challenge United Arab Emirates Tri-Series Australia in New Zealand
February 2017	Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Bangladesh in India Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Sri Lanka in Australia South Africa in New Zealand New Zealand women in Australia Australian women in New Zealand Australia in India 2017 Blind T20 World Cup
March 2017	Ireland in United Arab Emirates England in West Indies Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Ireland vs. Afghanistan in India Pakistan in West Indies Papua New Guinea in United Arab Emirates
Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship
Following season: International cricket in 2017