Danny Wyatt-Hodge scored a century in the first match of the World CupImage Credit source: Getty Images
While FIFA World Cup 2026 is being discussed all over the world, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 has also started in England. About 23 hours after the start of the Football World Cup, the Women’s T20 World Cup started in England and in the very first match, the host team registered a resounding victory with a record score. In the first match of the tournament on the evening of 12 June in Birmingham, star batsman Danny Wyatt-Hodge scored a tremendous century, on the basis of which England scored a record score of 219 runs and defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs.
Wyatt’s century, England’s record score
12 teams at Edgbaston Stadium on Friday evening t20 world cup The competition started, in which these two teams of Group-2 were competing. Host England had already entered this match as a contender for victory, but hardly anyone had thought that their victory would be so one-sided. The reason for this was England’s strong batting. The experienced opening pair of Danny Wyatt and Amy Jones made a formidable partnership of 135 runs for the first wicket, which was more than Sri Lanka’s total score.
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During this, Amy Jones played an inning of 53 runs, while Danny Wyatt did not stop at just a half-century. He scored his third century in T20 International in 61 balls, with the help of which England crossed the 200-run mark. She returned unbeaten after scoring 105 runs (13 fours, 1 six) in 62 balls. Team captain Nate Siver-Brunt scored 46 runs in just 22 balls. On this basis, England scored 219 runs losing only 1 wicket, which is a new record for the highest score in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
Sri Lankan team defeated in front of the camp
Now if Sri Lanka wanted to achieve such a big target then it also needed an opening like England. Especially the team’s eyes were fixed on its veteran captain Chamri Atapattu, who had saved the team many times before. But within the first 20 balls of the Sri Lankan innings, the opening pair including Atapattu (6) returned to the pavilion and then it was difficult for Sri Lanka to make a comeback.
Wickets kept falling one by one and the team kept moving towards defeat. Harshita Samarawickrama (29) and Neelakshika Silva (39) scored some runs and took the team beyond 100 runs. Ultimately the entire team collapsed for 132 runs. Freya Camp, playing her first match for England in the World Cup, took 4 wickets for just 22 runs, while Sophie Eccleston and Nate Siver also got 2 wickets each.
