Innings break Sri Lanka 106 (Samarawickrama 35, Glenn 3-20, Gaur 3-26, Filer 3-27) vs England

Gaur, who at just 17 has played 19 T20Is for UAE before making her England debut in the format with two matches against Sri Lanka during this tour, was handed her maiden ODI cap by retired seamer Katherine Sciver-Brunt and she honoured the changing of the guard with 3 wickets for 26, including the prize dismissal of captain Chamari Attapaththu for just 10. Impressive quick Lauren Filer then got in on the act, snaring two wickets in two balls and three in total for figures of 3 for 27 from five overs after England won the toss.

Gaur's second delivery in ODI cricket resulted in five wides, her length ball to Anushka Sanjeewani swaying down the leg side and evading wicketkeeper Amy Jones's attempt to gather. Seven dot balls followed from the tall teen, however, including a gem which shaped back past Sanjeewani's bat and bounced over the stumps and another which beat Attapaththu's outside edge after jagging away from an off-stump line.

Attapaththu, Sri Lanka's captain and danger player after playing a decisive role in both her side's T20I wins over England, chipped a low full toss over midwicket off Gaur two balls later but, at the end of her next over, Gaur took the spoils with a beauty which angled in then moved away to clatter into the top of Attapaththu's off stump.

When Gaur bowled Sanjeewani with a full inswinger that smashed middle stump, her debut appearance struck dream territory and England were off to the best start they could have hoped for, their opponents reduced to 26 for 2.

Glenn trapped Vishmi Gunaratne lbw and then Filer was brought into the attack to excellent effect. Where England had struggled against Sri Lanka's spinners in their 2-1 T20I series loss, the tourists had no answers for Filer's raw pace.

Filer came on in the 14th over then struck with the third ball of her next, when she did Hasini Perera for pace and bounce, pulling back her length and brushing the glove as Jones did the rest. Then, in the 20th over, Filer claimed the back-to-back wickets of Kavisha Dilhari and Nilakshi de Silva, both caught behind.

Jones finished with five catches, also removing Harshitha Samarawickrama off Alice Capsey when England overturned umpire James Middlebrook's not-out decision and Oshadi Ranasinghe, attempting to cut a turning Glenn delivery. Then Glenn bowled Achini Kulasuriya through the gate with one that gripped the surface.

Fittingly, it was Gaur who closed out Sri Lanka's innings with another stunning delivery that nipped into Udeshika Prabodhani, slid between bat and pad and kissed the top of leg stump.

Having twice been bowled out inside 20 overs in the T20 leg, England welcomed back opener Tammy Beaumont for the 50-over format and vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, who was rested for the first half of the tour and returned in a batting-only role for this match. Batter Maia Bouchier was the third of England's debutants in this match and all three could yet play a role as their side hunts a meagre target.