{"id":289773,"date":"2023-09-07T05:51:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289773"},"modified":"2023-09-07T05:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:51:16","slug":"sri-lanka-dismiss-england-for-116-in-t20-series-decider-in-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/%d1%81ricket\/sri-lanka-dismiss-england-for-116-in-t20-series-decider-in-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka dismiss England for 116 in T20 series decider in Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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England will have to defend a below-par score of 116 if they are to win their Twenty20 international series against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
With the three-match contest tied at 1-1, the hosts were bowled out for a disappointing 116 after being invited to bat first in the decider at Derby.<\/p>\n
They never got to grips with Sri Lanka\u2019s array of slower bowlers, with Chamari Athapaththu taking three for 21 and Udeshika Prabodhani and Kavisha Dilhari both claiming two wickets apiece.<\/p>\n
Maia Bouchier top scored with 23 while Danielle Gibson added 21 late as England were skittled in the 19th over.<\/p>\n
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The innings could not have got off to a worse start as Danni Wyatt planted a gentle wide delivery from Inoshi Fernando straight to cover.<\/p>\n
The Sri Lankans were celebrating again at the end of the second over when a calamitous mix-up between Bouchier and Alice Capsey saw both batters at the same end, with the latter ran out.<\/p>\n
Bouchier and captain Heather Knight did some repair work, sharing a 30-run stand in four overs, but that came to an end when Bouchier holed out to long-on.<\/p>\n
Knight (18) and Amy Jones (20) soon followed as England slipped to 72 for five in the 11th over and it looked like they would struggle to get to 100.<\/p>\n
But Gibson hit three fours in her 15-ball innings to get them to three figures before a flurry of late wickets saw them fail to see out their overs.<\/p>\n