England’s great Danny Wyatt showed his magic against West Indies.Image Credit source: Getty Images
The host team’s magic continues in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England. The England women’s team easily won its first three matches in the group stage of the tournament. In the fourth match also, the team made a strong score against West Indies. Once again, the reason for this was the team’s star and experienced opener Danny Wyatt Hodge, who continued his strong form in this World Cup and scored a strong half-century. This is the second time in 4 innings of this World Cup that Wyatt Hodge played such an innings.
Wyatt’s bat shines against West Indies
at the historic Lord’s Stadium on Wednesday 24 June Women’s T20 World Cup In the 22nd match, England faced the challenge of West Indies. England, which had won its last three matches of the tournament, were expected to win this match too. But for this he needed good performance on every front. Especially when it was decided that the team would bat first, its batsmen had the challenge of setting a big target for West Indies.
England got success in this and the reason for this was the team’s experienced opener Danny Wyatt Hodge. Right-handed batsman Wyatt Hodge single-handedly attacked the West Indies bowlers. While other top order batsmen failed, Wyatt scored a half-century in just 32 balls. This was the second time in 4 innings of this World Cup, when he crossed the 50 mark. In the very first match of the tournament, Danny Wyatt played an explosive inning of 105 runs (not out) against Sri Lanka and led the team to victory.
Failure till 21 innings in World Cup
In the first 21 matches of her T20 World Cup career, Danny Wyatt Hodge could not touch the 50 mark even once. But now this is the fourth time in 10 innings of two consecutive T20 World Cups that he has scored 50 or more runs. Before being run out, Danny played a explosive inning of 65 runs in just 42 balls. On the basis of his innings, England, batting first, scored 186 runs after losing 7 wickets. Apart from him, former captain Heather Knight also played a strong inning of 43 runs in just 26 balls.
