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ENG vs SL, Women's World Cup 2025: In the twelfth match of the Women's ODI World Cup 2025, England has defeated Sri Lanka by 89 runs. With this, England women's team has got its third consecutive win in this tournament and has reached the top in the points table. At the same time, the condition of the Sri Lankan team is getting worse and it has not won for the third consecutive match. England, batting first, had given a target of 254 runs, which the Sri Lankan team could not chase. Let's take a look at this match.

Batting first, England scored 253 runs

In this match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the Sri Lankan captain won the toss and invited England to bat first. In reply, the English batsmen scored 253 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Captain Nat Cyber ​​Brunt played a brilliant century and scored the tenth century of his ODI career. In this match, he scored 117 runs in 117 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from them, Tammy Beaumount scored 32 runs and Hader Knight scored 29 runs. At the same time, the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special.

Brilliant bowling by Sri Lankan spinners against England

Sri Lankan bowlers bowled well in this match. On behalf of the team, off-spin bowler Enoka Ranaweera took 3 wickets. He gave only 33 runs in 10 overs. Apart from them, Uddeshika Prabodhini and Sugandika Kumari also got 2 successes each. Kavisha Dilhari took 1 wicket.

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Sri Lankan team failed to chase the target of 254 runs

Against England, the Sri Lankan team could not succeed in chasing the target of 254 runs and collapsed for 164 runs in 45.4 overs. Hasini Perera (35 runs) and HM Samarawickrama (33 runs) got good starts, but both were unable to play long innings. Neelakshi de Silva also scored 23 runs, but could not extend the innings. At the same time, captain Chamari Atpatt's bat also worked and was out after scoring only 15 runs.

England bowlers shine against Sri Lanka

England's bowlers showed a brilliant performance against Sri Lanka on the grounds of Colombo. Sri Lankan batsmen lost their sweat in front of the lethal bowling of Sophie Ecclestone. Sophie made 4 batsmen her victims giving only 17 runs in 10 overs. Apart from them, captain Nat Cyber ​​Brunt also achieved 2 successes and Charlie Dean also achieved 2 successes. Linsey Smith and Alice Capsey got 1-1 wicket.

• Player of the Match: Nat Cyber ​​Brunt (117 runs, 2 wickets)

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