England Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player HighlightsENGW vs SLW, 1st Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, one bounce and over the ropes! Danni picks up the full ball and dispatches the loft over extra cover with disdain...

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, wide, dishes a full delivery well wide of off, Danni lets it be

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, inside edge off the sweep. It matters not for Danni Wyatt-Hodge. A superb hundred for Danni Wyatt-Hodge in front of her home ground and at the grandest of stages. She repeats the cradle rock celebration and soaks in all the applause from the dug out. Plenty of exuberance in the England camp...

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, Danni shuffles across and slogs the length delivery off the inside-edge to square leg

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, full outside off, Danni looks to drive and slices it off the under edge to short fine

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Danni keeps strike with a drive down to long-off

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, leg byes, 1 run, Danni uses her feet, but got beaten on the flick. It hit her pads and rolled to the left of the keeper for a quick single

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, advances and mistimes the drive to long-on

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, down the track and gets an inside-edge on the slog to the right of short fine leg

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, dances down the wicket and slaps the shorter delivery to the right of deep extra cover

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, into the 90s now. She runs down the pitch, picks the length delivery off her hip and belts the pull in the gap to the right of deep mid-wicket

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, skates down the track and thrashes the flatter delivery in the gap through extra cover. Excellent use of the feet from the opening batter

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, looks to play the reverse sweep, but the ball is slower and fuller outside off

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, sweeps the 79ks full delivery and the top-edge lands wide of the fielder at backward square leg to her left

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 3 runs, shuffles across off, picks the full delivery from outside off and swipes it into the vacant space at deep square. NSB runs hard and pushes Danni to go for the third...

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, full on off, Danni drills it straight to Chamari at mid-off for a quick single

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, jumps out of her crease and throws her hands on the full delivery, ends up slicing it off the outside-edge to the right of the keeper

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, 99ks full on leg stump, Danni flicks it to the right of deep square

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, full delivery at the pads at 91ks, flicked away to the right of deep backward square leg

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, comes down the track and drills the 96ks full delivery back towards the bowler, Madara gets a hand to it but can't stop the single

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, looks to cut a 75ks shorter delivery and slices it off the outer half to the right of short third

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, runs down the pitch and flicks the 82ks length delivery to the right of the diving fielder at deep mid-wicket

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, no pace needed this time around. Danni waltzes down the track and slices the 78ks full delivery up and over cover. Timed it well enough to get the ball racing to the sweeper cover fence

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, skates out of her crease and heaves the 80ks length delivery to the right of long-on

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, gets an inside-edge on the flick to mid-wicket

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, looks to play the sweep and gets an under edge to the left of short fine

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, chases the wide delivery and slaps it to the left of sweeper cover

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, oh dear! Another direct hit missed. Had that hit, Danni was a goner. Mistimed to extra cover and the fielder had one stump to aim it, but to no avail...

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, and now she is happy to tuck one round the corner on the leg-side

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, SIX, onto the 5th gear now is Danni Wyatt-Hodge. She goes deep inside the crease and uses the slowness and the length of the delivery to dispatch it over mid-on for the first maximum of this World Cup

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, skips out of her crease and mistimes the loft to the left of long-off

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, third fifty in T20 World Cups for Danni Wyatt-Hodge. She does the cradle rock celebration, dedicating it to her new-born child. She got there with an inside out loft over extra cover...

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 runs, dances down the wicket and drills the full delivery to the left of long-on. A diving stop from the fielder keeps it down to a couple

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, makes room and slaps the drive to extra cover. Another quick single stolen. Sri Lanka have been really sloppy in the field today.

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, full on leg stump, Danni flicks straight to short fine and finds excellent response from her partner. Amy Jones was quick to get off the blocks and the direct hit was not enough either...

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, good length outside off, Danni cuts and finds backward point

Nilakshika Silva to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, length ball outside off, Danni looks to slash it on the off-side and gets beaten on the outside-edge

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, to her right this time around. Danni with a full-blooded sweep behind square on the leg-side, Imesha gives chase from deep square but to no avail...

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, the fielder overruns at deep mid-wicket and what should have been a single, now results in a boundary. It was pulled to her left at deep square and Imesha made a meal of it...

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, looped up just outside off, Danni mistimes the drive back to Kavisha

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, attacking the stumps, Danni drives it back to the right of the bowler

Kavisha Dilhari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, that has to be the shot of the game so far! Opened the bat face and sliced the slower offbreak really late up and over the fielder at backward point. Expertly played...

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, short outside off, cut away to the right of extra cover

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no ball, 1 run, oh dear! A front foot no ball from Sugandika Kumari has been driven wide of extra cover

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, floaty full delivery on leg stump, Danni chips the lofted drive to long-on

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 5 wides, poor delivery. Full and drifting down leg, past Danni's attempted sweep and the keeper had no chance whatsoever

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, direct hit would have been really close. Danni hits the 108ks full delivery to mid-off and sets off for a quick single. The fielder shies and misses at the bowling end...

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, wide, 50 up for England. Mithali Ayodhya saw Danni advancing and threw this full delivery well wide of off, no shot offered

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, that is easy pickings for the senior pro. Short and wide, Danni accepts the offer and flays it up and over backward point. No need to run for that...

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, swinging away from a length outside off, Danni makes room and mistimes the cut to the right of extra cover

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, shuffles down the pitch and drags the 104ks length delivery to deep mid-wicket

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, boundaries flowing now. This is the kind of shot that Jemimah loves and is an expert at. Sits inside the crease, uses the length (short) and width on offer to play the late cut behind point

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, 100ks full outside off, Danni moves out of her crease and uses the width to carve it up and over cover with terrific timing

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, slow and short on the stumps, Danni heaves the pull to the right of mid-wicket

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, slower and just outside off, Danni ambles forward and taps wide of cover for a quick single

Chamari Athapaththu to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, straighter delivery, Danni is happy to park it on the leg-side for a quick single

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, pulls the length back but attacks the stumps, Danni waits on the back foot and knocks to the left of square leg for a quick single

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 3 runs, full and wide, Danni skips out of her crease and lifts the drive over extra cover. Middled it, but the outfield is a touch slow and they hustle back to complete the third

Sugandika Kumari to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, roundarm delivery on the stumps, Danni flicks but picks out the fielder at square leg

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, 105ks pitched up outside off, Danni drives with greater control to the right of deep backward point

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, FOUR, first boundary of the World Cup. 106ks full and well wide of off, Danni throws her hands and slices the drive to the right of the fielder at deep point

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, 104ks slingly full delivery just outside off, Danni seeks to drive and gets a thick inside-edge that rolls to the right of short fine

Mithali Ayodhya to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, no run, swinging away from a length outside off, Danni sits back and looks to cut. Past the outside-edge

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, that mid-wicket region has been kept busy. 97ks full on the stumps, Danni retains strike with a flick round the corner on the leg-side

Malki Madara to Danni Wyatt-Hodge, leg byes, 1 run, half-hearted appeal from the keeper, but no dice! Swinging down leg, beats Danni on the flick and hits her on the front pad in line with leg stump. Going down by a mile...