12/06Result

1st Match, Group 2 (D/N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Birmingham, Jun 12 2026

ENG Women won by 87 runs

Player of the Match

Danni Wyatt-HodgeEngland Women

Best performances - Batsmen

DN Wyatt

105(62) 13x4 - 1x6

Control %75%

Productive Shot
cover drive
23 runs
4x4 - 0x6

AE Jones

53(38) 4x4 - 1x6

Control %89%

Productive Shot
on drive
9 runs
0x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

FG Kemp

R22

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

R18

Eco6

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



		1W

Partnerships

England Women - Innings

135

DN Wyatt73 (45)

AE Jones53 (38)

84*

DN Wyatt32 (17)

Nat Sciver-Brunt46 (22)

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

AMCJK Athapaththu3 (4)

RMVD Gunaratne6 (9)

AMCJK Athapaththu1 (3)

I Dulani4 (4)

H Samarawickrama12 (9)

I Dulani3 (5)

H Samarawickrama9 (6)

H Karunaratne11 (8)

H Samarawickrama8 (3)

WK Dilhari0 (0)

NND Silva6 (9)

WK Dilhari19 (15)

NND Silva0 (0)

Kaushini Nuthyangana0 (2)

NND Silva0 (0)

BMSM Kumari0 (1)

NND Silva31 (24)

M Madara7 (14)

M Madara0 (1)

M Ayodhya1 (3)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

Wyatt-Hodge leads perfect opening night as England set the stage
There will likely be tougher tests to come, but the World Cup hosts couldn't have asked for better start
Wyatt-Hodge century drives England to statement victory in tournament opener
Freya Kemp starred with four wickets, as Sciver-Brunt makes emphatic return from injury
Sri Lanka win toss and bowl in World Cup opener at Edgbaston
Sciver-Brunt returns as England captain, with Capsey included ahead of Dunkley for opening contest
World Cup returns to England with big, bold ambitions
Tournament poised to embrace advances of recent years as the focal point of the English summer
Edgbaston takes center stage as England, Sri Lanka kick off T20 World Cup
History is on England's side, as they have won 10 of the last 12 T20Is against Sri Lanka

Videos

play02:32

'England's opening pair gelled beautifully'
02:32
Eng vs SL, Women's T20 World Cup - 'It could be a tricky start for England'
02:13
Women's T20 World Cup - Katey Martin and Veda Krishnamurthy on England
03:45

SL Women INNINGS		R	B
RMVD Gunaratne	lbw	6	9
AMCJK Athapaththu	caught	4	7
I Dulani	caught	7	9
H Samarawickrama	bowled	29	18
H Karunaratne	lbw	11	8
WK Dilhari	caught	19	15
NND Silva	caught	39	33
Kaushini Nuthyangana	bowled	0	2
BMSM Kumari	bowled	0	1
M Madara	caught wk	5	15
M Ayodhya	not out	1	3
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 5, w 5)
TOTAL	132 (all out; 20 ovs)

ENG Women BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
LK Bell	3.0	15	1	5	(2w)
LCN Smith	4.0	24	1	6
CE Dean	3.0	18	2	6
S Ecclestone	4.0	27	2	6.75
DR Gibson	2.0	20	0	10	(1w)
FG Kemp	4.0	22	4	5.5	(2w)

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	14	AMCJK Athapaththu	RMVD Gunaratne
2nd	8	AMCJK Athapaththu	I Dulani
3rd	15	H Samarawickrama	I Dulani
4th	21	H Samarawickrama	H Karunaratne
5th	9	H Samarawickrama	WK Dilhari
6th	25	NND Silva	WK Dilhari
7th	0	NND Silva	Kaushini Nuthyangana
8th	0	NND Silva	BMSM Kumari
9th	39	NND Silva	M Madara
10th	1	M Madara	M Ayodhya

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS-W	5	5	0	10	3.882
SA-W	5	4	1	8	0.633
IND-W	5	3	2	6	1.718
BAN-W	5	2	3	4	-0.71
PAK-W	5	1	4	2	-1.872
NL-W	5	0	5	0	-3.276
Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG-W	5	5	0	10	2.134
WI-W	5	3	2	6	-0.147
SL-W	5	3	2	6	-0.725
NZ-W	5	2	3	4	-0.118
SCO-W	5	1	4	2	-0.232
IRE-W	5	1	4	2	-0.875

England Women - Innings

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

Wyatt-Hodge leads perfect opening night as England set the stage

Wyatt-Hodge century drives England to statement victory in tournament opener

Sri Lanka win toss and bowl in World Cup opener at Edgbaston

World Cup returns to England with big, bold ambitions

Edgbaston takes center stage as England, Sri Lanka kick off T20 World Cup

'England's opening pair gelled beautifully'

Eng vs SL, Women's T20 World Cup - 'It could be a tricky start for England'

Women's T20 World Cup - Katey Martin and Veda Krishnamurthy on England