LONDON:
England made a flying begin to the Girls’s T20 World Cup as Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s blistering century impressed an 87-run rout of Sri Lanka on Friday.
Wyatt-Hodge, whose spouse Georgie gave start to their daughter Daisy final month, celebrated changing into a dad or mum with an outstanding innings of 105 not out in simply 62 balls at Edgbaston.
It was solely England’s fifth ladies’s T20 hundred and Wyatt-Hodge has three of them.
Wyatt-Hodge had made single-figure scores in every of her final three knocks since coming back from maternity go away.
However she propelled the hosts to 219-1, their highest ever rating within the event — eclipsing their 213-5 towards Pakistan in 2023.
Sri Lanka’s six bowlers leaked 23 fours and three sixes whereas their fielders dropped three catches.
They by no means appeared like overhauling England and subsided to 132 all out in a one-sided event opener.
Freya Kemp was England’s star bowler with figures of 4-21, whereas Charlie Dean and Sophie Ecclestone completed with two wickets apiece.
Wyatt-Hodge had celebrated her century with a cradle-rocking gesture in tribute to her new child.
“It was nice enjoyable on the market. What a crowd. What a begin,” she mentioned.
“It is essential to capitalise on nights like tonight. I mentioned after I bought to 50: ‘proper, double it now’.
“My celebration was for my daughter Daisy. I hope TV bought it!”
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu admitted her aspect had been properly beneath par.
“We aren’t enjoying our greatest cricket or doing our greatest,” she mentioned.
“We have to play constructive and fearless cricket. We misplaced our momentum within the powerplay, and we have to enhance our batting.
“Our subsequent sport is New Zealand which is a tricky sport and we have to execute our plans. We have now to return to the classroom and bounce again.”
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Transient scores:
At Edgbaston
England 219-1 (D Wyatt-Hodge 105 no, A Jones 53) v Sri Lanka 132 (F Kemp 4-22)
England received by 87 runs
