'Mummy hundred' gives Wyatt-Hodge her deserved day in the sun
Batting in the middle has always been Danni Wyatt-Hodge's happy place. "I like it when I play cricket. I don't have to think," the England opener once said. Time to forget the world. Time to feel bat on ball. "I was on about 90 and I thought I have to get a hundred for Daisy,"
Batting in the middle has always been Danni Wyatt-Hodge's happy place.
"I like it when I play cricket. I don't have to think," the England opener once said.
"I was on about 90 and I thought I have to get a hundred for Daisy," Wyatt-Hodge said, after her stunning 105 not out against Sri Lanka on the opening night of the T20 World Cup.
The past weeks have been different for this entire England squad, given the size of a home World Cup.
Her first child born on 20 May. Back strapping on her pads 10 days later. Now a thrilling century in a tournament curtain-raiser.
"Playing in a home World Cup like that and then having the joy of seeing your wife and daughter the next day - that's what dreams are made of," she said.
Wyatt-Hodge celebrated three figures, a knock that put England on their way to a statement opening win, by rocking her bat in her arms.
Back at home, her wife Georgie was watching on TV â perhaps Daisy too.
