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

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]
Women's One Day International series
Result	England women won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Nipuni Hansika (93)	Natalie 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 Atapattu 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 Natalie Sciver Lauren Winfield Fran Wilson Danielle Wyatt

9 November
Scorecard

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

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]

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 240/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 78 (33.1 overs)
Natalie 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]
Natalie 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.

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)

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 Sri Lanka in South Africa Pakistan in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand

January 2017	ICC Associate T20I tournament Australia in New Zealand

February 2017	Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Bangladesh in India Sri Lanka in Australia South Africa in New Zealand

March 2017	Australia in India England in West Indies Ireland vs. Afghanistan in India Pakistan in West Indies

Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship

Following season: International cricket in 2017

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