00:00and then chase it down.
00:01Sri Lanka put England into bat in their women's T20 World Cup opener in Birmingham.
00:10Amy Jones and Danny Wyatt Hodge gave the English a solid opening partnership.
00:16They were scoring briskly and put on 135 for the first wicket in 13.4 overs.
00:23Jones was the only batter to be dismissed for a useful 53.
00:29Captain Nat Siverbrunt joined Wyatt Hodge and the two put on an unbroken stand of 84.
00:36Wyatt Hodge made 105 not out and Siverbrunt was unbeaten on 46 as England closed on a daunting 219 for
00:441.
00:48Sri Lanka were no match for the English and was soon 22 for 2 with the openers gone.
00:57Half the side was dismissed with 67 on the board.
01:03Freya Kemp did most of the damage with wide leather in hand.
01:07She had impeccable figures of 4 for 22 from 4 overs.
01:13Nilakshika Silva was the top scorer with 39 but in vain.
01:16Overhead all the way for 6.
01:19Sri Lanka's abject batting display saw them being shot out for 132 from 20 overs.
01:25England annihilated their opponents by 87 runs.
01:29Vinod now on the Chiefsport.
01:31One on the Chiefsport.
01:33Will be
01:34called an Australian
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