Sciver-Brunt hails 'ruthless' England after emphatic opening World Cup win

England thrashed Sri Lanka by 87 runs to open their T20 World Cup account in style; Danni Wyatt-Hodge steals the show with unbeaten 105 and stunning catch at Edgbaston; watch the ICC Women's T20 World Cup exclusively live on Sky Sports

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>Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hailed England's ruthlessness as they kicked off the ICC Women's T20 World Cup with a 'massive' victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston.

>Danni Wyatt-Hodge was the difference-maker for England, thrashing a fabulous 105 not out and then taking a stunning over-the-shoulder catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Athapaththu.

>Wyatt-Hodge piled on 136 runs for the opening wicket alongside Amy Jones before 46 off 22 balls from Sciver-Brunt propelled England to 219-1 in 20 overs.

>Sri Lanka never looked like overhauling England and slumped to 132 all out and an 87-run defeat, with Freya Kemp claiming an England-best 4-21 on her World Cup debut and Charlie Dean and Sophie Ecclestone finishing with two wickets apiece.

>"It's a massive win for us," Sciver-Brunt said on Sky Sports Cricket. "We're really happy the first game is done.

>"What a way to start off the first innings. Danni and Amy looked so composed in what they were doing and built a huge platform for us to explode at the end.

>"I was really happy to find the middle. I had a couple of innings in the warm-up games, but nothing compares to being out there."

>Asked if England's performance was ruthless, Sciver-Brunt added: "Yes, absolutely. We were really composed and thought about the game in a really good way.

>"In the second innings, starting off with three wickets in the powerplay is going to make it difficult to chase a score like that down."

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>In addition to being both her third and England's fifth T20 century, Wyatt-Hodge's ton was her first since wife Georgie gave birth to their daughter Daisy.

>Reflecting on the cradle celebration she used to mark her century, Wyatt-Hodge added: "That was for Daisy, that little cradle. I hope TV got it.

>"It was great fun out there. What a crowd. I really enjoyed playing in front of this amazing crowd here at Edgbaston.

>"What a start. It's always great to get off to a good start in a World Cup as well.

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>"I really enjoyed playing out there with Amy [Jones], and then Nat just does what she does best at the end there, just hitting it to all parts.

>"We said how important it was to start well and we did that tonight. It's always a really nice pitch here at Edgbaston, and then our bowlers did incredibly well as well to keep them to that total on a really good pitch.

>"Off to Southampton we go tomorrow to play Ireland on Tuesday night, and hopefully we can do it again."

>Athapaththu won the toss and put England in to bat, a decision she lived to rue as they were set 220 for victory after England posted the biggest score in T20 World Cup history.

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>After seeing six of her bowlers leak 23 fours and three sixes, her fielders drop three catches and squander the chance to run Wyatt-Hodge out in the powerplay, Athapaththu said her side needed to go back to the drawing board before facing New Zealand next.

>"We didn't play our best cricket today and, in all three departments, we were not at our best. That's why we lost," she said.

>"The most important thing is attacking the stumps. The bowlers, especially the spinners, were bowling different lines and different areas. It's not enough, we need to improve our bowling.

>"We need to play our positive, fearless cricket all the time in the middle. We lost a couple of wickets in the powerplay and lost our momentum, so we have to improve our batting as well.

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>"The next game is New Zealand, a tough team again. We played the first two games against two big teams, so we need to execute our plans better.

>"We are going back to the drawing board to decide what we can do. We have to plan a few things and we will bounce back in the next game."

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