England are already motoring ahead on the WinViz metric.

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Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst

Chamari Athapaththu is an excellent match-up against Danni Wyatt-Hodge. Coming into this game, in 11 T20s, the off-spinner has dismissed Wyatt-Hodge on five occasions.

Chamari Athapaththu v Danni Wyatt-Hodge in T20s before today: 11 innings, 42 runs 5 dismissals, 42 balls, 8.4 average, 6.0 economy rate.

Can the England opener buck the trend and take on the Sri Lankan captain today?

Clever batting from Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

The England opener accesses the offside with some deft strokeplay to Malki Madara and picks up back-to-back boundaries.

Final delivery of the over from Madara and Wyatt-Hodge flashes a cut through point for another four.

England have some momentum now.

Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

That's exactly what I wanted Amy to try and it nearly paid off. She went on the back foot but she did get it behind square so the boundary became slightly longer. A slight misfield there. A bit of a strange on ethere.

England are the hosts but there's quite a few Sri Lanka fans in this evening.

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Chamari Athapaththu mixing up the bowling and brings herself into the attack.

The Sri Lanka skipper drags a couple down but neither Amy Jones nor Danni Wyatt-Hodge can capitalise.

Jones makes contact with a slog sweep off the final ball of the over which the fielder on the boundary makes a dog's dinner of and allows it to go for four.

Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst

Wyatt-Hodge is strong when it comes to punishing full deliveries, striking at 169 in all T20s since the start of 2023. Punishing width is also one of her a strengths striking at 156 when facing wider lines from pace bowlers.

That early boundary has given Danni Wyatt-Hodge a bit of confidence.

The England opener thrashes Sugandika Dasanayaka through the covers and England run three.

Handy strike rotation from her and Amy Jones.

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Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Danni Wyatt-Hodge was waiting for that. A classic over the top shot and the one we like to see.

Mithali Ayodhya is 19, and played three T20s before this one so England will not have seen that much of her apart from on TV.

Very reminiscent of Lasith Malinga with her action.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge flashes at a wider delivery and the ball flies away in the air, but away from the fielder, and crosses the boundary for England's first four.

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The slingy Mithali Ayodhya is tossed the ball by Chamari Athapaththu and Danni Wyatt-Hodge nearly drags on her second delivery.

Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst

England come into this ICC Women's T20 World Cup off the back of successive 2-1 series victories over New Zealand and India. Englandʼs victory over India in the third T20I is perhaps their most impressive win across the six matches - England chased 181 with nine balls remaining, courtesy of Alice Capseyʼs 82 (43) and Heather Knightʼs 70* (42).

Amy Jones with a wristy chip into the leg side off Malki Madara's fourth delivery which brings her a couple.

Solid if not exactly spectacular start off the opening over.

Six runs from it.

Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I think this is England's strongest opening pair. There's obviously different varieties, I think Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Sophia Dunkley are our most destructive pair but you've got to go with who's in form and where people are best suited.

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Right, finally everything appears to be working and whatever issue there was with screen which was causing a reflection has been resolved.

Amy Jones works Malki Madara's second delivery into the leg side to open England's account.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston

Cricket, ey. After all of that build-up…The Hollies is getting frustrated.

It's a sightscreen issue. There's something to do with the automated sightscreen which has malfunctioned.

Manual override required.

Not sure if there's an extra from the Wicked performers wandering in the wrong direction but there's a slight delay at Edbgaston.

Malki Madara tossing the ball in the air at the top of her mark.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones are out in the middle to open the batting for England.

Jones will take strike. Malki Madara has the ball in hand.

"Let's gooooo" roars the PA announcer.

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