Summary

  • England win by 12 runs on DLS method

  • Match twice reduced by rain

  • England hit 186-4 off their 17 overs after rain delayed start

  • Capsey smashes 51 off 27; Wyatt 48 off 30

  • SL fall short chasing 68 off six overs

  • Debutant Gaur takes first international wicket by removing SL captain Athapaththu

  1. Postpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Russel Arnold
    Former Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    The last couple of overs have been good, they've pulled it back but the problem was the first five overs.

  2. Eng 75-0published at 7 overs

    Bouchier 20, Wyatt 46

    Nine from the over and the way England have been going so far, that's a relatively quiet one.

    It's only a 17-over innings but the home side could be pushing 200 at this rate.

  3. 6 runs

    Eng 74-0published at 6.4 overs

    Maia Bouchier has had to play second fiddle to Danni Wyatt so far but she shows what she is all about with a big, clean hit!

    Inoka Ranaweera tosses it up and Bouchier launches it over the leg side for six.

  4. Postpublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Danni Wyatt is off to a fabulous start and is already closing in on a half-century...

  5. Eng 66-0published at 6 overs

    Direct hit as England sprint through for a quick single but the ball deflects off the stumps and runs away towards the boundary.

    The two Sri Lankan fielders do their best to stop it but to no avail. Five runs to Wyatt and the England total.

  6. Postpublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Nothing can stop Danni Wyatt at the moment. The only person you think could at the moment is Chamari Athapaththu and she has already bowled two of her four overs already. That's a brilliant shot, piercing through the fielders.

  7. Eng 59-0published at 5.3 overs

    In the air but in the gap from Danni Wyatt as Udeshika Prabodhani offers up some width.

    Wyatt threw the bat at it and sent the ball backward of point to the fence.

  8. Postpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    There has been far too many extras already given away by Sri Lanka. They are going to have to really try and slow England down out of the powerplay. It's just been a lot of two-sided bowling, no control.

  9. Eng 55-0published at 5 overs

    I stand corrected. Chamari Athapaththu is able to stop, or at least slow, Danni Wyatt.

    Just one more from the over and that's a wide. Powerplay over and England are racing along.

  10. Postpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    All the pace was taken off that, 43mph. The only thing wrong with it is that it was so far outside off stump, Danni Wyatt could have hit that anywhere.

  11. Eng 54-0published at 4.1 overs

    Crashed through the covers for for four more.

    Even Chamari Athapaththu can't stop Danni Wyatt when she's in this form.

  12. Eng 50-0published at 4 overs

    Maia Bouchier chips the last ball of the over beyond the mid-on fielder for two.

    That brings up the fifty partnership. One over left in the powerplay because - who those of you just joining us - the game has been reduced to 17 overs a side.

  13. Eng 47-0published at 3.4 overs

    Just what Sri Lanka don't need.

    Wide down the leg side from Kawya Kavindi and the ball swings after it has passed the stumps, past the wicketkeeper for five wides.

  14. Eng 41-0published at 3.4 overs

    Bouchier 9, Wyatt 31

    Danni Wyatt just keeps going!

    Too wide now from Kawya Kavindi and the England opener cuts the ball up and over point for four more.

  15. Postpublished at 19:14 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    27 off 11 for Danni Wyatt, we're going to have to start asking what the fastest 50 for England Women in a T20 game is.

  16. Eng 37-0published at 3.1 overs

    Easy pickings for Danni Wyatt.

    A low full toss from Kawya Kavindi and it's thumped over mid-wicket for four.

  17. Postpublished at 19:13 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    So good from Athapaththu, she really is Sri Lanka's biggest threat with the bat and the ball. England won't mind that, they can look to target the other bowlers.

  18. Eng 32-0published at 3 overs

    Much better over for Sri Lanka. Chamari Athapaththu keeps England to just four - and two of those come after the square leg fielder is beaten by the spin of the ball.

    Anyone who has played cricket has been there. It did go pretty sharply, too.

  19. Postpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 31 August 2023

    Chamari Athapaththu has seen enough. The Sri Lanka skipper brings herself on to bowl.

  20. Eng 28-0published at 2 overs

    Brilliant start for England as Danni Wyatt guides the ball fine of short third.

    The field gives chase and puts in the slide but can't prevent the boundary.

    Wyatt is 22 from nine balls, she's off to a flyer!