11/02Result
2nd Match, Group 2, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Paarl, Feb 11 2023
ENG Women won by 7 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Nat Sciver-BruntEngland Women
11/02Result
2nd Match, Group 2, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Paarl, Feb 11 2023
ENG Women won by 7 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Nat Sciver-BruntEngland Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | WI-W: 135/7 | RR: 6.75

  • Chedean Nation9 (9b)
  • Shamilia Connell1 (4b)
  • Lauren Bell3-0-20-0
  • Sophie Ecclestone4-0-23-3

4.41pm Right, time for a brew. Alan will be back shortly. And as Glenn alluded to in her interview, there's been plenty buzz about England's new attacking ambition with the bat ... the Bazbelle approach, perchance? Stay tuned to find out.

Kannadachi : "The WI batting show has been like a bottle of aerated drink which got opened. Fizzy till Hayley was batting and has lost lots of gas since Sophie Ecclestone trapped her in front!!! Maybe a piece of chewing gum gone insipid!!!"

4.38pm So, it's a target of 136 for England to open their World Cup campaign with a win... 66 for 6 in the second ten overs of West Indies' innings, after Hayley Matthews excellent 42 from 32 had come to an end. The pick of the bowlers, as so often, was Sophie Ecclestone, with a typically attacking and economical three-wicket haul.

Sarah Glenn: "We did a decent job in the end, tough in the heat. Windies ran really well but we assessed conditions. Got to keep the stumps in play, a decent wicket, couldn't be predictable. We've been brilliant with the bat, fearless, I'm excited to see the girls go out there."

19.6
3
Bell to Nation, 3 runs, enough width to free the arms, chopped hard to deep point. And that's excellent running, capitalising on a fumble than beating a wild relay shy from the keeper. It's a score on the board...
19.5
1
Bell to Connell, 1 run, wonderful bowling from Bell, very full, pace off, drawing a drive into the covers, and could have been a run-out with a clean pick-up in the covers
19.4
0
Bell to Connell, no run, so full, dipping past her advances, the batter has set up outside off now, so no wide on that line
19.3
0
Bell to Connell, no run, another legcutter, a perfectly legal wide line, shaping away out of the back of the hand. This is excellent
19.2
0
Bell to Connell, no run, well bowled, pace off once more, outside off and cutting away from a booming flat-footed swing of the bat

ENG Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st37DN WyattSIR Dunkley
2nd13SIR DunkleyA Capsey
3rd21Nat Sciver-BruntA Capsey
4th67HC KnightNat Sciver-Brunt