England script history, smash Women’s T20 World Cup record in Sri Lanka rout

England rewrote the past books successful emphatic manner astatine Edgbaston, posting the highest squad full successful Women’s T20 World Cup past — 219/1 — earlier cruising to an 87-run triumph implicit Sri Lanka successful their tourney opener.On a sunlit evening successful beforehand of 14,865 fans, England’s batting line-up produced a near-flawless show of powerfulness and precision, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge starring the complaint with an unbeaten 105 disconnected 62 balls. The full eclipsed each erstwhile benchmarks successful the contention and acceptable the code for what could beryllium a ascendant location campaign.

The innings was built connected a stunning 135-run opening basal betwixt Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones, the highest opening concern for England successful Women’s T20 World Cup history, arsenic Sri Lanka’s bowlers struggled to incorporate the relentless scoring rate.

Late battle pushes England into grounds territory

England’s complaint to 219 accelerated sharply successful the closing stages, with the last implicit unsocial yielding 26 runs — the associated second-most costly implicit successful Women’s T20 World Cup history. That precocious surge ensured England comfortably surpassed the erstwhile tourney precocious and near Sri Lanka facing an unrealistic chase.Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt added further momentum with an explosive unbeaten 46 disconnected 22 balls, moving past Charlotte Edwards to go England’s highest run-scorer successful Women’s T20 World Cups with 784 runs.

Wyatt-Hodge aboriginal sealed her period successful style, reaching 3 figures earlier finishing the innings with a bound disconnected the last shot to extremity connected 105 not retired — her 3rd T20 planetary hundred.

Highest squad totals successful Women’s T20 World Cup history

Sri Lanka illness nether mounting pressure

Chasing 220, Sri Lanka ne'er recovered from aboriginal setbacks and were yet bowled retired for 132. Left-arm pacer Freya Kemp starred with a career-best 4/21, including a devastating spell that saw her instrumentality 3 wickets successful a azygous implicit to dismantle the mediate order.Earlier, Chamari Athapaththu fell cheaply aft a stunning diving drawback by Wyatt-Hodge, who besides contributed successful the tract during a ascendant all-round England performance.Sri Lanka’s innings unravelled rapidly nether scoreboard unit arsenic England wrapped up a commanding triumph to statesman their run successful record-breaking style.