ENG-W vs SL-W Match 1 Highlights - Birmingham (12 June 2026)

No Hat Trick! Kemp delivers a much fuller delivery, outside off, angling away. Nilakshika Silva looks to offer a drive at it but it zips past the outside edge. Amy Jones collects the ball behind the stumps and dislodges the stumps, but Silva's back leg is placed inside the crease.

Slower one, a bit shorter and on the hips. Silva gets tucked up and nudges it into the leg side. The batters look for one but decide against it as Kemp quickly gets to the ball.

WIDE! With that, 100 comes up for Sri Lanka. Good length, wide outside off, Nilakshika Silva attempts to clip it but misses completely. She gets a bit off balance and steps out of her crease after playing the shot, but just gets her back foot down before Amy Jones can dislodge the bails.

Full, at the stumps, Nilakshika Silva swings hard but gets a leading edge. The ball bounces off toward short third and the batters get a couple of runs.

Fuller in length, pitching outside leg. This is swung away towards deep square leg for a single. A slight fumble from Linsey Smith, but she recovers quickly.

Good-length delivery, outside off, Malki Madara pushes it to sweeper cover for a single.

Slower one, floated up on the pads, worked away just behind square leg for a single.

FOUR! Nilakshika Silva is fighting till the bitter end, it seems. Darted in around off, Silva backs away and plays a really late cut, just past the keeper and the ball races away into the deep third fence.

Slower and shorter on leg, pulled away straight to short fine leg.

Tossed up, Silva comes down the pitch and eases it to long on for a single.

Beautifully bowled. A lot more flight on offer, lands it fuller on off and gets it to turn away a bit, does Sophie. Malki Madara leans on to block, but the ball goes past the outside edge.

Oh, beaten on the inside edge now. The arm-ball, angles back in sharply. Malki Madara backs away to cut but is nearly cut in half.

Good length on off, pushed away off the back foot towards cover.

Top bowling. A loopy slower one, Nilakshika Silva's eyes light up seeing the flight of the ball, but it dips big time and Silva has to block it off.

Slower again, back of a length and at the batter, pulled away through square leg for a run. Nelson is up for Sri Lanka Women now.

Good length, but angling down leg. Madara presses back and tickles it down to fine leg for a single.

Another back-of-the-hand slowerball, full and at the stumps. Nilakshika Silva comes down the track and hammers it straight back. Lauren Bell tries to get out of the way in the follow-through but sticks out two hands as well. The ball bursts through to long off and a single is taken.

Pace off yet again, worked away behind square leg for a single.

The bumper now, dug in well short and outside off. Nilakshika Silva leaves it alone.

A bit more round-arm, floated full and outside off. Madara eases it through covers for one.

Shortens the length, does Smith and drops it on off. Silva backs away and powers the cut through the point region for a couple of runs.

SIX! This has been a real fighting knock from Nilakshika Silva. Tossed up, Silva advances down the track, gives it her all and whacks it over long on for a biggie. England Women still unable to clean up the Lankan tail.

Full and flat, fired in just outside off. This is swatted down to mid off.

Flatter again, angled in from outside off. Silva gets forward and jams it towards cover for a run.

Length ball around off, Madara waits back and punches it to deep point for one more. Actually, they don't take the single.

Cheeky from Nilakshika. Pitched up around middle, Silva gets right across the off stump and scoops it perfectly over the keeper's head for a couple of runs as the short fine leg fielder tidies up.

A bit of yes and no, but they do take the single eventually. Back of a length on leg, pulled through square leg for one.

Hard length, on middle and leg, Madara jams it back onto the deck.

Full-pitched delivery on leg stump, Madara pushes it back to the bowler this time.

Another dot ball, three on the trot. Kemp keeps the length full and slants it well across the right-hander. Malki Madara leans on to drive but the ball beats the outside edge.

No single taken and Freya Kemp ends with stellar figures of - 4-0-22-4. Good length on the pads, tucked down to long leg by Madara.

FOUR! Nilakshika Silva is still at it, another fine shot. Fuller one, sliding down leg, tossed up as well. Silva comes down the pitch and whips it wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! Nilakshika Silva finally falls and Sophie Ecclestone gets her first wicket of the game. Nicely tossed up, getting the ball over the batter's eyeline as well. Nilakshika Silva skips down the pitch and lofts it down the ground but straight to the fielder at long on. Alice Capsey takes a simple catch and Silva's fine knock comes to an end.

Bowled flatter and on off, dabbed away late into the off side.

Nicely bowled! Lovely loop on the delivery, tossed up wider of the off stump. Mithali Ayodhya looks to drive but the ball beats the outside edge.

Slightly tossed up, outside off, pushed away through cover-point for a single.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Sophie Ecclestone wraps things up on the final delivery of the game, as England Women bowl out Sri Lanka Women for 132 runs and win the opening game by 87 runs. Ecclestone puts more energy into the action and pushes the ball quicker through the air. This is fractionally full and around off, Malki Madara looks to play at it but gets a faint edge through to the keeper. Amy Jones takes a sharp catch and appeals, but the umpire turns it down. The review is taken and UltraEdge confirms the deflection, overturning the on-field decision.