England vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions - Knight to slay the Sri Lankan attack

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Heather Knight scored a match-winning 79* off 111 balls against Bangladesh.
Chamari Athapaththu has scored 89, 25 & 43 runs in her last five innings.
Can England make it three wins from three by beating Bangladesh?

Heather Knight hits out against Bangladesh. (credit: Biju Boro / Getty Images)

England vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions

England had a scare against Bangladesh, but their strong bowling and deep batting lineup will be too strong for Sri Lanka, who are winless in four WODIs.

England Women’s Heather Knight has scored 66*, 37 & 79* in her last 4 innings.
England Women’s Nat Sciver-Brunt has scored 52, 120 & 32 in her last 3 innings.
Sri Lanka Women’s Chamari Athapaththu (43 off 47) top-scored against India in the World Cup opener.
Sri Lanka Women’s Harshitha Samarawickrama has scored 33, 26, 25 & 29 in her last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

England have won four of their last five matches against Sri Lanka. The other match was rained-off.

England Women Form

England Women made it two wins from two matches in the 2025 Cricket World Cup when they followed up their 10-wicket win over South Africa with a four-wicket win over Bangladesh.

Sophie Ecclestone (3/24, econ 2.40) was the star of an excellent England bowling performance as they bowled Bangladesh out for 178 off 49.4 overs.

England were made to battle hard against excellent Bangladesh bowling, taking 46.1 overs to secure their four-wicket victory. Heather Knight (79* off 111) guided them through some anxious moments, backed by Nat Scover-Brunt (32 off 41).

England Women Team News

England are in excellent form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.

Sri Lanka Women Form

Sri Lanka suffered their third defeat in a row when they lost their opening match of the World Cup to India. Their second match was rained-off.

Inoka Ranaweera (4/46, econ 5.11) bowled superbly to knock over four of India’s top four to reduce them to 121/5. India’s tail wagged to lift them to 269/8 off their 47 overs.

Chamari Athapaththu (43 off 47) got Sri Lanka off to a good start and Nilakshika Silva (35 off 29) kept the chase going, but they couldn’t match India’s asking rate and fell 59 runs short.

Sri Lanka Women Team News

There are no injury reports from the Sri Lanka Women squad.

Verdict

England Women v Sri Lanka Women

I am backing England Women to win. I am also backing Heather Knight to top score for England Women.

Chamari Athapaththu is a good bet to top score for Sri Lanka Women.

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