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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Smyth

Sri Lanka beat England by seven wickets to win women’s T20 series – as it happened

Harshitha Samarawickrama celebrates after hitting the winning runs in Derby.
Harshitha Samarawickrama celebrates after hitting the winning runs in Derby. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

That’s it for tonight. Congratulations to Sri Lanka, who have won their first bilateral series against England in some style. We’ll be back for the ODI series, which begins on Saturday. Goodnight!

The player of the match and series is, of course, Chamari Athapaththu

I’m really happy with my performance and the team’s performance. I’ve worked hard in the nets in the last few months. We’ve played some good cricket recently against Bangladesh and New Zealand and we continued it in this series.

We have an excellent coaching team, which has been a turning point. We always talk about positive things, never negatives, and we executed the right plans. That’s why we win. Sri Lanka Cricket have helped the girls a lot – they increased her payments and gave us contracts. That’s really good for the girls. I think we can be a good team in the future.

The Sri Lanka team celebrate their series victory over England.
The Sri Lanka team celebrate their series victory. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

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