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The victory of English women over Sri Lanka by 89 runs has provided a shock in the ranking of ICC Women ODI World Cup 2025 and their campaign has placed India under pressure. England now have a hundred percent table, and this makes the road to the semi finals even more difficult.
England also performed well in Colombo with 253/9 in their 50 overs, and this was made up majorly by a fantastic performance of captain Nat Sciver Brunt who made 117/117. The batting performance of England was the highlight of her seven fours and a couple of sixes in the innings. Not another batter made fifty, but the efforts were assisted by supports contributions, of them one of 32, by Tammy Beaumont, which had the effect of retaining the innings.
The win makes England 3-0 and 6 points with an official replacement of the world champions Australia. The new rankings of the top 5 teams are as follows; England had 6 points, Australia had 5 points, India had 4 points, South Africa had 4 points but below India and New Zealand had 2 points respectively. India comes in third and to be serious enough to gain a place in the semi finals will be forced to win in their remaining matches decisively.
The reaction of Sri Lanka could not be equated with that extent. The Lankan ladies were raked out at 164 in 45.4 overs, which is far below their target. The English bowlers never relinquished their percussion at any moment. Sophie Ecclestone brought about the kill stroke and in her whole 10 over quota took 4 wickets at the minimal expenditure of only 17 and controlled the middle overs and never gave the Sri Lankan team a chance to gain momentum. Senior spinner Inoka Ranaweera had her fair share as Sri Lanka had made 3 times 33 but the effort was too high. Overall the English performances in this field have strengthened them in claiming their sides in addition to rendering the fight to achieve knockout spots to be dramatic. The tournament would continue to be a tussle of momentum and power of the mind in addition to cricketing skills as the tournament goes on.
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