In the 12th match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2025, which is currently underway at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt scored her 10th Women’s One Day International (WODI) hundred against Sri Lanka. The right-handed batter brought up the milestone in the 49th over of the England innings by hitting a six on the bowling of left-arm spinner Sugandika Kumari, to also get the fifth hundred in World Cup cricket.
Nat Sciver-Brunt ended up scoring 117 off 117 with nine fours and two sixes, to play a key role in helping England reach 253/9 after getting dismissed in the last over of the innings to left-arm pacer Udeshika Prabhodani. She batted for more than 40 overs of England innings, sharing a 60-run stand
for the third wicket with Heather Knight before holding her end up as wickets fell at regular intervals at the other end.
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Just before she lost her wicket to Udeshika Prabhodani, she put the foot on the accelerator, hitting three fours in a row to push England past 250-run total, which has proven to be very competitive in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. In the pursuit of the 254-run target, Sri Lanka have suffered a major blow as their captain Chamari Athapaththu had to retire hurt in the sixth over after suffering a hamstring injury apparently.
As of this writing, the home team have reached 26/0 in seven overs with Hasini Perera and Vishmi Gunaratne at the crease.
Below are the playing XIs of England and Sri Lanka for their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 clash:
England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Dewmi Vihanga, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabhodani
