By Taha Hashim

THE debutants did the job. Mahika Gaur’s swing and Lauren Filer’s pace ripped through Sri Lanka’s batting line-up as England eased to victory in the opening ODI at Chester-le-Street by seven wickets.
Following Sri Lanka’s historic T20I series win earlier in the week, England responded clinically, bowling the visitors out for 106 inside 31 overs. Gaur got the new ball hooping to bowl the openers before Filer, playing her first white-ball international, took three middle-order wickets to leave Sri Lanka six down and with just 78 runs on the b...