ENGW vs SLW Playing 11: Nat Sciver-Brunt-led England will square off against Chamari Athapaththu-led Sri Lanka in the 12th match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on October 11 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Sri Lanka and England have met on 20 occasions, with England holding a dominating record of 17 wins, while Sri Lanka has won only once, and two games have ended in a draw.

England women secured back-to-back wins in the two matches they played so far in the tournament. First, they secured a 10-wicket victory against South Africa and then secured a 4-wicket victory against Bangladesh.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka suffered a 59-run defeat against India Women while their match against Australia women abandoned due to persistant rainfall.

Sri Lanka secured second bottom position while England secured second position in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 points table.

Sri Lanka women won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, Chamari Athapaththu said, “Want to bowl first. Very confident about my bowling unit. If we restrict them to 240, will be good. One change for us. We struggled with our batting in the middle overs. Have worked on it. Privilege for the whole team to play at home.”

Meanwhile, Nat Sciver-Brunt said, “Was going to bat, pretty happy with that. I think it’ll be good (the pitch). Third game on it so the idea was to bat first, and across the day hopefully it’ll get slower and our spinners will come into the game. Same team.”

“A brilliant allrounder for us and makes up the balance of the team nicely (Capsey). We’ve had a few recruits come in and help us out in the nets (preparing against left-armers). Definitely not taking anything lightly,” added Sciver Brunt.

“They’ve got some brilliant matchwinners in their side and some great control with their spinners in the middle,” said Nat Sciver-Brunt.

ENGW vs SLW Playing 11

England women Playing 11: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones(w), Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt(c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

Sri Lanka Women Playing 11: Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu (C), Harsmi Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi Dev Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (W), Dewmi Vihanga Udeshika prabodhani, inoka ranaweeraa