England defeats Sri Lanka by 87 runs in Women's T20 World Cup opener
England defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs in the opening match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Edgbaston, posting a record team total of 219/1 powered by Danni Wyatt-Hodge's unbeaten 105 off 62 balls. The innings surpassed the previous highest team total in Women's T20 World Cup history and was anchored by a 135-run opening partnership between Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones. The result signals a potentially dominant home campaign for England and came in front of a crowd of nearly 15,000 fans.
England set the highest team total in Women's T20 World Cup history — 219/1 — before bowling Sri Lanka out for 132 to win by 87 runs in their tournament opener at Edgbaston. Danni Wyatt-Hodge carried her bat through the innings, finishing unbeaten on 105 off 62 balls, her third T20 international century and only the second hundred by an English woman in World Cup history. She and Amy Jones put on 135 for the opening wicket, the highest opening partnership for England in Women's T20 World Cup history, before captain Nat Sciver-Brunt added an explosive unbeaten 46 off 22 balls, in the process becoming England's all-time leading run-scorer in Women's T20 World Cups with 784 runs. The final over alone yielded 26 runs, the joint second-most expensive over in Women's T20 World Cup history, pushing England well clear of the previous record of 213/5. In reply, Sri Lanka were never in contention, with left-arm pacer Freya Kemp taking a career-best 4/21, including three wickets in a single over, to dismantle the middle order. The match also carried a personal dimension for Wyatt-Hodge, whose partner Georgie gave birth to their first child just days before the tournament began.
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England script history, smash Women’s T20 World Cup record in Sri Lanka rout
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Wyatt-Hodge stars as England ease past Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup
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