All-round Nat Sciver-Brunt powers England to series win over Pakistan

CHELMSFORD: Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten century, followed by her bowling figures of 2-11, helped the England women’s team secure a commanding 178-run victory over Pakistan in the third ODI at County Ground on Wednesday.

England women’s team won the three-match ODI series 2-0 against Pakistan. Prior to that, the home side also clean sweep Pakistan in the T20I series.

Chasing a target of 303 runs, Pakistan crumbled to 124 all out in 29.1 overs. No Pakistan batter except Muneeba Ali (47) and Aliya Riaz (36) managed to challenge England’s bowling line-up.

Lauren Bell jolted Pakistan by removing both the opening batters, while Kate Cross took out Ayesha Zafar (13) when she looked threatening on the crease.

With Muneeba well set, Najiha Alivi (6) tried to heave Sciver-Brunt over mid-wicket but missed the ball, only to see her stumps shattered.

From 74-4, Pakistan lost the next five wickets for a mere fifty runs. Skipper Nida Dar did not walk out to bat due to a hamstring injury.

Ecclestone, who became the fastest bowler to hundred ODI wickets in women’s cricket, dismissed three batters in 4.1 overs.

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Sciver-Brunt and Bell picked up two wickets each while Cross and Charlie Dean bagged one wicket apiece.

Earlier, Sciver-Brunt’s (124 not out, 117b, 14x4s, 2x6s) magnificent unbeaten century headlined England’s innings.

She scored an unbeaten 14 from 117 balls with the help of 14 boundaries and two sixes.

The pace duo of Fatima Sana and Diana Baig removed English opening batters Tammy Beaumont (11) and Maia Bouchier (34) respectively.

Sciver-Brunt walked into bat with England 56-2 which soon became 70-3. She shared vital partnerships with Danni Wyatt (fourth wicket – 79), Amy Jones (fifth wicket – 66) and Alice Capsey (sixth wicket – unbeaten 87).

Nida Dar struck to end Danni Wyatt’s 44-run outing which included three fours and one six. Amy Jones contributed a run-a-ball 27 before Alice Capsey’s unbeaten 39 with the help of four boundaries, propelled England to 302-5.

Umm-e-Hani bagged two wickets while Nida, Fatima and Diana dismissed one batter each.

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England Women win toss, elect to bat against Pakistan in third ODI

CHELMSFORD: England women have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the third ODI of the three-match series here at County Ground on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

England: Tammy Beaumont, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Lauren Bell

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Pakistan:
Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Muneeba Ali, Ayesha Zafar, Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Najiha Alvi (wk), Umm-e-Hani, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu

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England win toss, elect to bat against Pakistan in second T20I

NORTHAMPTON: England women have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the second T20I of the three-match series here at The County Ground on Friday.

PLAYING XIs

England: Maia Bouchier, Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (capt), Amy Jones (wk), Danielle Gibson, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell.

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Pakistan:
Gull Feroza, Sidra Ameen, Sadaf Shamas, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar (capt), Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Diana Baig, Waheeda Akhtar, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 16, England 15, Pakistan 1

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Pakistan women’s team partakes in indoor practice session for second England T20I

NORTHAMPTON: The Pakistan women’s cricket team on Thursday, underwent an indoor training session for the second T20I of the three-match series against England, scheduled on Friday.

According to the details, the national team had to settle for an indoor training session due to persistent rain here.

Notably, the touring squad also trained indoors on Tuesday due to heavy downpour in the city.

The Pakistan women’s team underwent several batting, bowling and fielding drills under the supervision of the coaching staff, led by interim head coach Mauhtashim Rasheed.

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England are currently leading the three-match T20I series 1-0 after defeating Pakistan by 53 runs in the first match on Saturday.

The second T20I will be played at the County Ground in Northampton, starting at 18:30 local time on May 17. Meanwhile, the last match will be played in Leeds on May 19.

Pakistan will then take on England in a three-match ODI series, part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25, scheduled to be played from 23 to 29 May in Derby, Taunton and Chelmsford.

Pakistan squad for England T20Is: Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar.

Player support personnel: Nahida Khan (manager), Mauhtashim Rasheed (interim head coach), Saleem Jaffar (bowling coach), Taufeeq Umar (batting coach), Hanif Malik (fielding coach), Syed Nazir Ahmed (media manager), Rabia Siddiq (physiotherapist), Zubair Ahmed (analyst) and Hina Munawar (chief security officer)

Tour Schedule

9 May – T20 warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Uptonsteel County Ground (11.00 am local time)

11 May – 1st T20I, Birmingham (2.30 pm local time)

17 May – 2nd T20I, Northampton (6.30 pm local time)

19 May – 3rd T20I, Leeds (1.00 pm local time)

21 May – One-Day warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Northampton (11.00 am local time)

23 May – 1st ODI, Derby (1.00 pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

26 May – 2nd ODI, Taunton (11.00 am local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

29 May – 3rd ODI, Chelmsford (1.00 pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

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Knight, Glenn power England to crush Pakistan in first T20I

BIRMINGHAM: Sarah Glenn’s four-wicket haul after an anchoring 49-run knock from skipper Heather Knight led England to a resounding 53-run victory over Pakistan in the first T20I of the three-match series here at Edgbaston on Saturday.

Chasing a daunting 164-run target, Pakistan’s batting unit unfolded on a meagre 110 despite Sadaf Shams’ brisk knock.

Pakistan had a similar start to the pursuit as they lost both their openers Sidra Ameen (9) and Gull Feroza (17) inside the batting powerplay.

But, Sadaf, who came out to bat at No.3, kept Pakistan in control with clean hitting.

The right-handed batter dominated England bowlers amid her brief knock as Pakistan were cruising at 77/3 in 10 overs.

But a mix-up between Sadaf and skipper Nida Dar saw the set batter walking back to the dugout in the next over.

She remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with 24-ball 35 with the help of seven boundaries.

Her dismissal sparked a middle-order collapse as Pakistan began to lose wickets at an alarming rate and consequently slipped to 89/9 in 15 overs.

Tailenders Fatima Sana (16*) and Sadia Iqbal (8) offered brief retaliation by adding 21 runs for the 10th wicket until the latter fell victim to Lauren Bell in the penultimate over.

Sarah Glenn led the bowling charge for England with 4/12 in her four overs, followed by Bell, who returned impressive figures of 3/22.

Top-ranked T20I bowler Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean, on the other hand, made one scalp each.

Put into bat first, England found themselves in a state of bother as they were reduced to 11/4 in 2.5 overs.

Following the early debacle, England captain Knight was joined by Jones in the middle and the duo launched an astounding recovery.

The pair batted sensibly and added 67 runs for the seventh wicket to pull England out of trouble.

Jones, who was the core aggressor of the important partnership, walked back in the 13th over as Sadia Iqbal drew a much-needed breakthrough for Pakistan.

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She scored a brisk 37 off 27 deliveries with the help of four boundaries.

Coming out to bat at No.7 Danielle Gibson then took charge of bolstering England’s total and knitted a one-sided partnership with Heather Knight, who perished in the 16th over.

Knight remained the top-scorer for England with a cautious 49. Her 44-ball knock featured six boundaries.

Meanwhile, Gibson continued to punish Pakistan bowlers and added valuable runs for England at the backend and returned unbeaten on 41 off just 21 deliveries, laced up with eight boundaries.

Waheeda Akhtar and Sadia Iqbal each bagged two wickets for Pakistan while Tuba chipped in with a wicket.

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