Alice Capsey hits a blistering half-century as England beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs in a rain-affected T20 series opener at Hove.
De Silva 18 ; Dean 1-6Alice Capsey hit a blistering half-century as England beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-affected T20 series opener at Hove.
Sri Lanka fought until the last with Nilakshi de Silva hitting three boundaries in a row to begin the final over but the visitors came up short, finishing on 55-3.Capsey shows class in destructive knockThe evening had started with a sense of excitement about the debut of left-arm pace bowler Gaur but it was another teenager who first shone in the south coast gloom.
But once she decided to go, it didn't seem to matter how good the ball was, it was met by the middle of Capsey's bat. So while there are a number of players to look out for as Heather Knight's side experiment in this series, they will do well to match the excitement that Capsey provides."It took a couple of balls to get used to the pace of the pitch then we realised it was skidding on and just tried to hit the pockets as hard as possible.
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