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Best performances - Batsmen

DN Wyatt
105(62) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 23 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
0 7 21 25 21 8 12 11
AE Jones
53(38) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 9 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 11 1 10 1 16 14

Best performances - Bowlers

FG Kemp
O4
M0
R22
W4
Eco5.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
CE Dean
CE Dean
O3
M0
R18
W2
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

12 June 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England Women 2, Sri Lanka Women 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | SL-W: 132/10 (88 runs required, RR: 6.60)

  • Mithali Ayodhya1 (3b)
  • Sophie Ecclestone4-0-27-2
  • Freya Kemp4-0-22-4

10.10pm: Time to hear from the captains, starting with Chamari Athapaththu: "We've not played our best cricket, in all three departments. Bowling at the stumps is the most important thing, we bowled different lines and areas, we need to improve. [Batting] We played positively, lost couple of wickets in the powerplay and momentum. Nilakshika batted well but we must do better. [NZ next] They are a big team. We need to execute our plans and see what we can do in the next game."

England's Nat Sciver-Brunt: "What a way to start, Danni and Amy looked so composed. A huge performance. [Fitness after calf injury?] Danni had me running from the first ball. Happy to find the middle of bat. Had a couple of innings in warm-ups but nothing compared to being out there. Really composed, we went about the game in a really good way. Massive win for us and really happy with that start."

And that is that for the opening night. England were Wicked with bat and ball, and will hope this is the start of a showstopping campaign. You can read all about it in Andrew Miller's report, and we'll have more to come from Valks and the team. Don't forget to join us bright and early tomorrow for the start of a triple-bill of Women's T20 World Cup cricket. Bye!

10pm: Nerves? What nerves? England have brushed past Sri Lanka in their opening match, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Freya Kemp the standout performers. Wyatt-Hodge's first T20 World Cup hundred powered England to a record total in the competition and it looked like being academic as soon as Chamari Athapaththu fell in the fourth over of the chase. Lauren Bell and Charlie Dean were incisive and Kemp then blew away the middle and lower order to finish with 4 for 21. England start with a bang and go top of the early Group 2 standings

Danni Wyatt-Hodge is unsurprisingly Player of the Match: "Great fun, what a crowd. Really enjoyed playing here. What a start. Great to get a good start in a World Cup, really enjoyed it out there with Amy and then Nat doing what she does best. [Celebration] That was for Daisy, a little cradle. We said it was important to start well, we did that tonight. Our bowlers did incredibly well on a good pitch. Off to Southampton we go to play Ireland."

19.6
W
Ecclestone to Madara, OUT, slides on past the edge, Jones goes up! Not given but England review for caught behind - and there's a clear spike on UltraEdge! Umpire Eloise Sheridan has to overturn her not out, and England complete a thumping 87-run win to get their World Cup off to the perfect start

M Madara c †Jones b Ecclestone 5 (29m 15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

19.5
1
Ecclestone to Ayodhya, 1 run, flighted, wide of off stump, steps into a drive out to deep point. Off the mark
19.4
0
Ecclestone to Ayodhya, no run,
19.3
0
Ecclestone to Ayodhya, no run, looped up and chopped towards point

Mithali Ayodhya is last woman in

19.2
W
Ecclestone to Silva, OUT, slogged down the throat of long-on! Safely held by Capsey in off the rope, and SL are nine down. Nilakshika looks distraught as she heads off, but she's shown a bit of ticker for her side

NND Silva c Capsey b Ecclestone 39 (50m 33b 2x4 1x6) SR: 118.18

19.1
4
Ecclestone to Silva, FOUR, dances down and belts four through midwicket! Lovely footwork and timing, Nilakshika picks up another boundary

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14AMCJK AthapaththuRMVD Gunaratne
2nd8AMCJK AthapaththuI Dulani
3rd15H SamarawickramaI Dulani
4th21H SamarawickramaH Karunaratne
5th9H SamarawickramaWK Dilhari
6th25NND SilvaWK Dilhari
7th0NND SilvaKaushini Nuthyangana
8th0NND SilvaBMSM Kumari
9th39NND SilvaM Madara
10th1M MadaraM Ayodhya