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| First T20, 1st Central County Ground, Hove: |
| England 186-4 (17 overs): Capsey 51 (27), Wyatt 48 (30) |
| Sri Lanka 55-3 (6 overs): De Silva 18 (8); Dean 1-6 |
| England won by 12 runs (DLS) |
| Scorecard |
Alice Capsey deed a blistering half-century arsenic England bushed Sri Lanka by 12 runs connected the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method successful a rain-affected T20 bid opener astatine Hove.
The 19-year-old all-rounder deed 5 fours and 3 sixes successful a dazzling sound of 51 from 27 balls to assistance England rack up 186-4 successful an innings reduced to 17 overs aft a delayed start.
Opener Danni Wyatt got the innings disconnected to a flyer with a boundary-laden 48 from 30 balls.
In reply, Sri Lanka reached 23-0 from 3.1 overs earlier the rainfall returned and, erstwhile play resumed, the tourists were acceptable a revised people of 68 from six overs - 45 much from 17 balls.
That was ever going to beryllium a hard inquire and it became that overmuch trickier erstwhile 17-year-old debutant Mahika Gaur removed Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu for her archetypal England wicket.
Sri Lanka fought until the past with Nilakshi de Silva hitting 3 boundaries successful a enactment to statesman the past implicit but the visitors came up short.
England instrumentality a 1-0 pb successful the three-match series, with the 2nd T20 astatine Chelmsford connected Saturday.
More to follow.
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