England suffered a crushing eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka after Chamari Athapaththu smashed 55 to help the tourists chase down 105 for victory at Chelmsford to level the T20 series at 1-1.
Heather Knight’s team were brought back down to earth after a golden summer with an all-round poor display at the County Ground where only Charlie Dean’s 34 down the order prevented an even heavier loss.
