Womens T20 World Cup 2026 · 1st Match, Group B
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England Women
219/1 (20.0)
Sri Lanka Women
132/10 (20.0)
England Women won by 87 runs
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Key Stats
Toss: Sri Lanka Women opt to bowl
Over 195 runs, 10 wkts
Malki Madara 7(16)
Mithali Ayodhya 1(3)
Sophie Ecclestone
4.0-0-27-2
- WSophie Ecclestone to Malki Madara: Wicket! Caught By Amy Jones. No Run. OUTTT...!!! Sri Lanka Women gets bundled up on 132 runs and England Women won the match by 87 runs to start the tournament.... Flatter length ball outside off, Madara goes to slice it hard but gets an outer edge of the bat, England takes the DRS and gets the wicket of Madara
- 1Sophie Ecclestone to Mithali Ayodhya: One Run. Fuller on off, drives it towards extra cover and runs for a single
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Mithali Ayodhya: No Run. Length ball on off, goes to drive it but gets beaten
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Mithali Ayodhya: No Run. Length ball on off, drives it towards point region and declines the one
- WSophie Ecclestone to Nilakshi de Silva: Wicket! Caught By Alice Capsey. No Run. OUTTT...!!!! Ninth down for Sri Lanka Women... Tossed up length ball on middle, Silva comes down the wicket and goes to loft it down the ground but misses and Capsey takes a good catch in the end
- 4Sophie Ecclestone to Nilakshi de Silva: Four. Fuller on middle, flicks it towards mid-wicet for a boundary
Over 182 runs, 8 wkts
Malki Madara 7(15)
Nilakshi de Silva 33(30)
Freya Kemp
4.0-0-21-4
- 0Freya Kemp to Malki Madara: No Run. Fuller on middle, flicks it to backward square leg region
- 0Freya Kemp to Malki Madara: No Run. Length ball outside off, wanted to drive it hard but gets beaten
- 0Freya Kemp to Malki Madara: No Run. Length ball on middle, blocks it solid back to the bowler
- 0Freya Kemp to Malki Madara: No Run. Length ball on off, blocks it solid into the pitch at last
- 1Freya Kemp to Nilakshi de Silva: One Run. Hard length on middle, pulls it to deep square leg for a single
- 1Freya Kemp to Malki Madara: One Run. Length ball on middle, scoops it over keeper and runs for couple
Over 1711 runs, 8 wkts
Malki Madara 6(10)
Nilakshi de Silva 32(29)
Linsey Smith
4.0-0-25-1
- 1Linsey Smith to Malki Madara: One Run. Tossed up outside off, driven down to deep point for a single
- 1Linsey Smith to Nilakshi de Silva: One Run. Full on off, drives it towards cover for a single
- 0Linsey Smith to Nilakshi de Silva: No Run. Pitched up on off, drives it to mid-off and finds the fielder in the region
- 6Linsey Smith to Nilakshi de Silva: Six. Floated on middle, comes down the wicket and chips it to long-on for a maximum
- 2Linsey Smith to Nilakshi de Silva: Two Runs. Good length outside off, cuts it towards deep point and runs for couple
- 1Linsey Smith to Malki Madara: One Run. Pitched up on off, drives it to deep covers and runs for a single
Over 164 runs, 8 wkts
Nilakshi de Silva 23(25)
Malki Madara 4(8)
Lauren Bell
3.0-0-15-1
- 0Lauren Bell to Nilakshi de Silva: No Run. Short of length outside off, lets it pass to the keeper
- 1Lauren Bell to Malki Madara: One Run. Length ball on middle, drives it towards covers and runs for a single
- 1Lauren Bell to Nilakshi de Silva: One Run. Dropped...!!! Fuller on off drills it back to Bell, too tough for her and misses to grab it
- 1Lauren Bell to Malki Madara: One Run. Good length on legs, nudges it to fine leg and runs for a single
- 1Lauren Bell to Nilakshi de Silva: One Run. Hard length on off, works it towards mid-wicket and runs for a single
- 0Lauren Bell to Nilakshi de Silva: No Run. Slower yorker on middle, digs it back to the bowler in the end
Over 155 runs, 8 wkts
Malki Madara 2(6)
Nilakshi de Silva 21(21)
Sophie Ecclestone
3.0-0-22-0
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Malki Madara: No Run. Good length ball on off, taps it to square of the wicket region
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Malki Madara: No Run.
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Malki Madara: No Run. Length ball on middle, looks to block it but gets beaten
- 1Sophie Ecclestone to Nilakshi de Silva: One Run. Full length ball on middle, drives it down to long-on for a single
- 0Sophie Ecclestone to Nilakshi de Silva: No Run. Good length ball on middle, works it towards backward square leg fielder
- 4Sophie Ecclestone to Nilakshi de Silva: Four. Tossed up on off, cuts it too late to third man and beats the fielder for a boundary