In Cricket, New Zealand get off to a winning start by defeating Sri Lanka in Group A at the women's Twenty20 World Cup at Perth. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. 

Chasing the target of 127 runs, New Zealand scored 131 runs for just 3 wickets in 17.4 overs. NZ Captain Sophie Devine, after being dropped on 18, raced away to a 55-ball 75. She became the first cricketer, male or female, to make six consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20I cricket. 

Earlier, West Indies defeated gallant debutant Thailand by seven wickets in the 2nd match of Group B at Perth.
Today, England will begin their bid to become double world champions when they take on South Africa in the Women's T20 World Cup in Perth. 

England won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2017 but have not won the T20 title since the inaugural competition in 2009. They have reached the final three times since – in 2012, 2014 and 2018 – but lost to Australia on each occasion.

India will take on Bangladesh in Group A tomorrow at 4:30 PM IST.