Nat Sciver-Brunt marked her 100th one-day international by scoring the fastest hundred by an Englishwoman in the 50-over format to help her side to a 2-0 series win against Sri Lanka.
The all-rounder surpassed Charlotte Edwards’s 70-ball hundred against New Zealand in 2012 by reaching three figures off 66 balls and going on to score 120 off 74 balls, with 18 fours and one six. In response to England’s 273 for eight, Sri Lanka were bundled out for 112 in 24.5 overs in the third and final match of the series as Charlie Dean took five for 31 off six overs with her off spin.
A delayed start at Leicester because of rain meant that the match was reduced to 31 overs a side and
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