Women's Cricket: Inoka Ranaweera named Sri Lanka skipper for England tour

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera as the new captain of Sri Lanka Women's team who will host England with four ODIs.

In addition SLC women's selectors have made radical changes to the team by recalling allruonder Sripali Weerakkody and right-hand batter Hansima Karunaratne and making notable changes in the batting lineup.

The first Women's ODI will be played at the SSC in Colombo on Wednesday (9).

The remaining three games will be played at R. Premadasa Stadium on Saturday (12), Tuesday (15) and Thursday (17).

Sri Lanka Women’s squad: Inoka Ranaweera (Capt), Prasadini Weerakkody, Dilani Manodara, Nilakshi Silva, Ama Kanchana, Hasini Perera, Chamari Polgampola, Chamari Atapattu, Nipuni Hansika, Sripali Weerakkody, Sugandhika Kumari, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulasuriya

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