70 DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS EVENTS // ICC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-21


SRI LANKA PULLED OFF THEIR HIGHEST SUCCESSFUL ODI CHASE FOR ONLY THEIR SECOND WIN OVER INDIA


MAIN: Sri Lanka’s captain Chamari Atapattu batting. TOP LEFT: Dane van Niekerk of South Africa hits out. TOP RIGHT: England’s Tammy Beaumont batting against Sri Lanka. RIGHT: Jess Jonassen of Australia is interviewed the ODI Series against New Zealand.


The individual highlights of the England-New Zealand series came in the final match in Leicester, which the touring side won by four wickets after Sophie Devine hit a magnificent 117 off 116 balls and off-spinner Leigh Kasperek took five for 39. But England had won the first two contests in Leeds and Derby very comfortably. Beaumont and wicketkeeper Amy Jones made two half-centuries each in the series.


Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht took four for 25, including three wickets in a single over, as England lost their last seven wickets for 25 to give India a 66-run win in the opening ODI of the series in Mumbai in February, 2019, after which India eased home by seven wickets in the second match, thanks to Smriti Mandhana’s 63.


But England picked up a vital two points in the third match after Katherine Brunt had recorded her best ODI figures since June 2016, finishing with five for 28.


Amy Jones enjoyed much personal success as England won all three ODIs on their visit to Sri Lanka in March 2019, the opener making scores of 79, 54 and 76, hitting seven sixes in total. Nat Sciver was also among the runs, with 93 as England made 331 for seven in the series opener.


Other highlights of the year included Mithali Raj’s unbeaten 125 for India against Sri Lanka in Katunayake, although it could not deny Sri Lanka their first win against India for more than five years (and only their second of all time).


ICC Annual Report 2018-2019


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