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

Linsey Smith to Malki Madara, no run, punched away through point, doesn't take the single

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 1 run, pushed through flat outside off, Nilakshika advances and mistimes the cut through cover

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, no run, fired in full outside off, Nilakshika can't get under it and mistimes the drive to mid-off

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, SIX, steps out and whacks it straight back over long-on! Got right to the pitch of the ball before unleashing

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 2 runs, cuts hard but fails to beat Dean at sweeper cover

Linsey Smith to Malki Madara, 1 run, full outside off, driven to sweeper cover

Linsey Smith to Malki Madara, no run, flat and sliding in, defended down the pitch

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 1 run, cut away to deep point

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 2 runs, width outside off, Silva cuts well and finds the gap through cover

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 2 runs, goes for the cut and gets a thick edge past the keeper

Linsey Smith to Malki Madara, 1 run, drifting in on off, punched off the back foot to sweeper cover

Linsey Smith to Nilakshika Silva, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Nilakshika cuts it gently wide of short third

Linsey Smith to Hansima Karunaratne, 2 runs, floated up just outside off, Karunaratne drives through the gap at point and the fielders have to give chase. Bell gets there and flicks it back

Linsey Smith to Hansima Karunaratne, no run, good length on off, Karunaratne makes room and punches to cover

Linsey Smith to Imesha Dulani, out Caught by Freya Kemp!! Swept hard but straight to square leg! Sharp catch there from Kemp to give Smith her first wicket. All going wrong for Sri Lanka. It's drifting in at the stumps, Dulani hits the sweep quite well, just doesn't find the gap. Imesha Dulani c Freya Kemp b Linsey Smith 7(9) [4s-1]

Linsey Smith to Imesha Dulani, no run, oh how lucky for Dulani that it misses the stumps! Tries the reverse-sweep once more, gets cramped for room and it rolls off the glove past leg stump

Linsey Smith to Imesha Dulani, no run, drifting in sharply, an inswinger, Dulani drives to mid-off

Linsey Smith to Imesha Dulani, no run, good length outside off, Dulani tries a reverse-sweep and is beaten

Linsey Smith to Vishmi Gunaratne, 1 run, full and straight, Gunaratne hammers it over Smith's head and long-on does well to cut it off

Linsey Smith to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, shimmies down and works it to midwicket with the ball drifting in sharply

Linsey Smith to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, Smith continues to bowl way too full. And again the ball plugs on the outfield as Athapaththu lofts it over mid-on. Allows the fielder at long-off to get across

Linsey Smith to Chamari Athapaththu, 2 runs, the ball has plugged on the outfield after being launched over mid-on. Way too full again, right in the slot and Athapaththu frees the arms nicely. But it completely stops upon landing

Linsey Smith to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, very full, Athapaththu drives to mid-on

Linsey Smith to Vishmi Gunaratne, 1 run, in-drifter from round the wicket, it's a full toss and Gunaratne drives to mid-off