The Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 gets underway with England Women taking on Sri Lanka Women in the first match of the tournament. This match will be played at Edgbaston. England Women will be playing at home and they will be one of the favorites in this tournament. Nat Sciver Brunt will lead the side and they have all their bases covered.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka Women come into this edition with a lot of hopes and they have a young squad led by the experienced Chamari Attapattu. They will be keen to pull up a few surprises. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

England Women vs Sri Lanka Women Match Details

Series

Women's T20 World Cup 2026

Match

England Women vs Sri Lanka Women

Venue

Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham

Match Timings

11:00 PM IST, 12th June

Live Streaming

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England Women vs Sri Lanka Women Stats

Player

Team

T20I Performance

 

Chamari Athapaththu

 

Sri Lanka Women

 

3752 runs

 

Nat Sciver Brunt

 

England Women

 

2960 runs

 

Lauren Bell

 

England Women

 

60 wickets

England Women vs Sri Lanka Women Probable Playing XI

England Women: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight, Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Danielle Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera(w), Imesha Dulani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hansima Karunaratne, Nilakshika Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Kaushani Nuthyangana(wk), Sugandika Kumari, Mithali Ayodhya, Malki Madara

England Women vs Sri Lanka Women Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Chamari Athapaththu has scored 3572 runs in T20I format. She will be a ENG-W vs SL-W Dream11 captaincy pick.

Nat Sciver Brunt has a good record in this format and will give points with her batting and bowling. She will be a top pick in this ENG-W vs SL-W Dream11 match.

England Women vs Sri Lanka Women Match winner

England Women have a very strong squad and are playing in home conditions. England Women are expected to win this match.