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

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. England women won the series 4–0.

## Squads

| Sri Lanka | England |
| Inoka Ranaweera (c) Prasadani Weerakkody (vc) Nilakshi de Silva Nipuni Hansika Chamari Athapaththu 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) Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Georgia Elwiss Jenny Gunn Alex Hartley Amy Jones Beth Langston Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Lauren Winfield Fran Wilson Danni Wyatt |

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 9 November 2016 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 168/7 (50 overs) | v | England 171/2 (29.3 overs) |
| Dilani Manodara 27 (46) Heather Knight 2/29 (8 overs) | | Nat Sciver 47* (40) Chamari Athapaththu 1/23 (7 overs) |
* England Women won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Beth Langston (England Women) made her ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 12 November 2016 Scorecard
| 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.

### 3rd ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 15 November 2016 Scorecard
| 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 Women won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was Danielle Hazell's first match as England Women's captain.
* ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.

### 4th ODI

* ICC Women's Championship 17–18 November 2016 Scorecard
| England 240/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 78 (33.1 overs) |
| Nat 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.
* Nat 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.
* ICC Women's Championship points: England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0.