Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl vs England
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second T20I at Chelmsford, with both teams announcing one change to the line-ups that contested a damp opening fixture at Hove on Thursday evening.
Inoshi Fernando comes into Sri Lanka’s attack in place of Kawya Kavindi,, while Issy Wong has been handed her first international appearance of the summer, as she takes over in England’s pace attack in place of the rookie Mahika Gaur, who claimed her maiden wicket with the final ball of her debut in that Hove contest.
After an overcast start to the day, the weather at Chelmsford was set fair for a prompt start and a full contest, with Sri Lanka once again choosing to bowl first despite being taken for a hefty 186 for 4 in 17 overs of the opening match.
On a hybrid pitch that is unlikely to break up much over the course of the game, Heather Knight said she was happy enough to lose the toss, as she wanted to bat anyway.
“It’s a pretty decent surface, we want to make the most of it,” she said. England have only lost once in 18 previous limited-overs internationals at Chelmsford. Prior to the start of play, there was a cap presentation to mark the occasion of Sarah Glenn’s 50th T20I.
England 1 Danni Wyatt, 2 Maia Bouchier, 3 Alice Capsey, 4 Heather Knight (capt), 5 Amy Jones (wk), 6 Freya Kemp, 7 Danielle Gibson, 8 Sarah Glenn, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Kate Cross, 11 Issy Wong
Sri Lanka 1 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 3 Nilakshi de Silva, 4 Vishmi Gunaratne, 5 Kavisha Dilhari, 6 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 7 Inoka Ranaweera, 8 Sugandika Kumari, 9 Udeshika Prabodhani, 10 Hasini Perera, 11 Inoshi Fernando