England v Sri Lanka: third women’s T20 cricket international – live

And now for something completely different: a series decider. So far this summer we’ve had three draws, two in the Ashes* and one last night in the men’s T20s. But tonight – barring a meteorological twist for the ages – we’ll have an actual winner, and nobody will be left metaphorically kissing their sister.

Few people expected the first decider of the summer to come in this series; even fewer expected Sri Lanka to wipe the floor with England as they did at Chelmsford on Saturday. Their white-ball record against England going into that game was awful – P26 L25 – but their eight-wicket win, inspired by the marvellous Chamari Athapaththu, brooked no argument.

A similar result today would be seismic. England haven’t lost a T20 series to a team other than Australia since 2010, and they’ve never lost a white-ball series to Sri Lanka. There’s a bigger picture, with two white-ball World Cups coming up in the next couple of years, so England can rationalise this as an unexpected bonus: a chance to watch their young players perform under the unique pressure of an actual series decider.

The match begins at 6pm.

* Yes, yes, I know there were a couple of mini-deciders during the women’s Ashes, but we’re all about the big picture here at OBO Towers. Oh aye.