ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, England vs Sri Lanka: 5 Talking Points

#3) Laura Marsh’s superb bowling spell

Laura Marsh was the pick of the English bowlers as they restricted Sri Lanka to a paltry total of 204/8. Marsh returned with figures of 4/45 in her 10 overs and was outstanding throughout her spell.

The Lankan batswomen found it difficult to deal with Marsh at every stage of the innings. Moreover, three of her four victims were top-order batswomen and that sums up how influential her performance turned out to be. All three of her top-order wickets came in the middle-overs when Sri Lanka were trying to take control of the match.

First, she got Hasini Perera caught by Sarah Taylor just four runs shy off a well-deserved fifty in the 23^rd over. Again, she clean bowled another well-settled batswoman in Shashikala Siriwardene (33) on the last delivery of the 29^th over.

Harshitha Madavi (1) also found herself caught by Taylor of Marsh’s bowling as Sri Lanka were reduced to 130/5 in the 33^rd over. The English bowler finished up her spell by wrapping up her final victim, Eshani Lokusuriyage, for just 3 runs.