England continue to rotate in this series and selected five players aged 22 or under in Saturday’s loss.
Heather Knight watched England lose by eight wickets to Sri Lanka in the second T20 match of the series at Chelmsford
It levels the three-match T20 series ahead of Wednesday’s decider in Derby and resulted in Knight facing questions over the decision with head coach Jon Lewis to experiment against the eighth best country in Twenty20 cricket. “No one was saying anything at Hove when we smashed 180 off 17 overs so no, I wouldn’t change a thing.
After posting 186 for four in Sussex on Thursday, this batting display could not have been more chalk and cheese with England reduced to 21 for three inside the powerplay. Sri Lanka seamer Udeshika Prabodhani ended Dean’s 33-run partnership with Issy Wong and yorked Dean soon after to dismiss England for 104.
“We’ve obviously got a very inexperienced side and a lot of people who are learning their trade, so it identifies areas where we need to get better at.
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