Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hailed England’s ruthlessness as they kicked off the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup with a ‘large’ victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge was the difference-maker for England, thrashing a wonderful 105 not out after which taking a shocking over-the-shoulder catch to dismiss Sri Lanka’s captain Chamari Athapaththu.
Wyatt-Hodge piled on 136 runs for the opening wicket alongside Amy Jones earlier than 46 off 22 balls from Sciver-Brunt propelled England to 219-1 in 20 overs.
Sri Lanka by no means regarded like overhauling England and slumped to 132 all out and an 87-run defeat, with Freya Kemp claiming an England-best 4-21 on her World Cup debut and Charlie Dean and Sophie Ecclestone ending with two wickets apiece.
“It’s a massive win for us,” Sciver-Brunt stated on Sky Sports activities Cricket. “We’re actually completely satisfied the primary sport is finished.
“What a solution to begin off the primary innings. Danni and Amy regarded so composed in what they had been doing and constructed an enormous platform for us to blow up on the finish.
“I was really happy to find the middle. I had a couple of innings in the warm-up games, but nothing compares to being out there.”
Requested if England’s efficiency was ruthless, Sciver-Brunt added: “Yes, absolutely. We were really composed and thought about the game in a really good way.
“Within the second innings, beginning off with three wickets within the powerplay goes to make it tough to chase a rating like that down.”
Along with being each her third and England’s fifth T20 century, Wyatt-Hodge’s ton was her first since spouse Georgie gave delivery to their daughter Daisy.
Reflecting on the cradle celebration she used to mark her century, Wyatt-Hodge added: “That was for Daisy, that little cradle. I hope TV got it.
“It was nice enjoyable on the market. What a crowd. I actually loved taking part in in entrance of this superb crowd right here at Edgbaston.
“What a begin. It is all the time nice to get off to an excellent begin in a World Cup as nicely.
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge took a sensational over-the-shoulder catch at deep sq. to dismiss Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu off Charlie Dean’s bowling.
“I really enjoyed playing out there with Amy [Jones], and then Nat just does what she does best at the end there, just hitting it to all parts.
“We stated how essential it was to start out nicely and we did that tonight. It is all the time a very nice pitch right here at Edgbaston, after which our bowlers did extremely nicely as nicely to maintain them to that whole on a very good pitch.
“Off to Southampton we go tomorrow to play Ireland on Tuesday night, and hopefully we can do it again.”
Athapaththu received the toss and put England in to bat, a choice she lived to rue as they had been set 220 for victory after England posted the most important rating in T20 World Cup historical past.
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge has an excellent innings for England as she smashes a century towards Sri Lanka.
After seeing six of her bowlers leak 23 fours and three sixes, her fielders drop three catches and squander the possibility to run Wyatt-Hodge out within the powerplay, Athapaththu stated her facet wanted to return to the drafting board earlier than dealing with New Zealand subsequent.
“We didn’t play our best cricket today and, in all three departments, we were not at our best. That’s why we lost,” she stated.
“The most important thing is attacking the stumps. The bowlers, especially the spinners, were bowling different lines and different areas. It’s not enough, we need to improve our bowling.
“We have to play our constructive, fearless cricket on a regular basis within the center. We misplaced a few wickets within the powerplay and misplaced our momentum, so we’ve to enhance our batting as nicely.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt introduced up 3,000 T20I runs with an excellent six over additional cowl in Edgbaston.
“The next game is New Zealand, a tough team again. We played the first two games against two big teams, so we need to execute our plans better.
“We’re going again to the drafting board to determine what we will do. We’ve got to plan just a few issues and we’ll bounce again within the subsequent sport.”
England’s Women’s T20 World Cup fixtures/results
All games live on Sky Sports, all times UK and Ireland
- Friday June 12 (Edgbaston): England beat Sri Lanka by 87 runs
- Tuesday June 16: England vs Ireland, Hampshire Bowl 6.30pm
- Saturday June 20: England vs Scotland, Headingley 6.30pm
- Wednesday June 24: England vs West Indies, Lord’s 6.30pm
- Saturday June 27: England vs New Zealand, The Oval 6.30pm
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