England Women Vs India Women 14th Match Group B 18 February 2023

14th T20 • St George's Park • Port Elizabeth

England Women

151/7 (20)

India Women

140/5 (20)

ENG-W won by 11 runs

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Player of the Match Natalie Sciver

50(42)

0/15

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England Women

151/7 (20)

Batters

Sophia Dunkley

90.91

b Thakur

Danielle Wyatt

0.00

c Ghosh b Thakur

Alice Capsey

50.00

b Thakur

Natalie Sciver

119.05

c Mandhana b Sharma

Heather Knight

121.74

c Verma b Pandey

Amy Jones

148.15

c Ghosh b Thakur

Sophie Ecclestone

137.50

Not out

Katherine Brunt

0.00

c Yadav b Thakur

Sarah Glenn

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.55)

151/7

Did not Bat

Charlotte Dean, Lauren Bell

Bowlers

EXT

Renuka Thakur

3.75

Shikha Pandey

5.00

Pooja Vastrakar

12.00

Deepti Sharma

9.25

Rajeshwari Gayakwad

12.00

Shafali Verma

11.00

Radha Yadav

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Danielle Wyatt

c Ghosh b Thakur

1-1

0.3

Alice Capsey

b Thakur

2-10

2.1

Sophia Dunkley

b Thakur

3-29

4.4

Heather Knight

c Verma b Pandey

4-80

10.6

Natalie Sciver

c Mandhana b Sharma

5-120

16.5

Amy Jones

c Ghosh b Thakur

6-147

19.4

Katherine Brunt

c Yadav b Thakur

7-147

19.5

India Women

140/5 (20)

Batters

Smriti Mandhana

126.83

c Sciver b Glenn

Shafali Verma

72.73

c Brunt b Bell

Jemimah Rodrigues

81.25

c Brunt b Glenn

Harmanpreet Kaur

66.67

c Capsey b Ecclestone

Richa Ghosh

138.24

Not out

Deepti Sharma

77.78

runout (Jones / Sciver)

Pooja Vastrakar

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7)

140/5

Did not Bat

Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur

Bowlers

EXT

Katherine Brunt

13.00

Lauren Bell

5.50

Charlotte Dean

7.67

Sophie Ecclestone

3.50

Sarah Glenn

6.75

Natalie Sciver

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shafali Verma

c Brunt b Bell

1-29

3.6

Jemimah Rodrigues

c Brunt b Glenn

2-57

9.1

Harmanpreet Kaur

c Capsey b Ecclestone

3-62

10.2

Smriti Mandhana

c Sciver b Glenn

4-105

15.6

Deepti Sharma

runout (Jones / Sciver)

5-119

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Feb, 06:30 PM IST

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Match

14th T20,

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Claire Polosak (Australia), Kim Cotton (New Zealand), Nimali Perera (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Michell Pereira (Sri Lanka)

Toss

India Women elected to bowl

1 0 0 2 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 4

2 1 0 6 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

0 W 0 0 1 1

Over 19

Runs: 2

4 4nb 1 1 6 2 0

Over 20

Runs: 18

All Overs

Player of the Match Natalie Sciver

50(42)

0/15

Analysis

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Pradeep as we wrap up the proceedings of this match. However, do switch over to the coverage of the other games going on including the PSL fixture between Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings, the second T20I between Afghanistan and UAE. The second Women's T20 World Cup fixture of the day between Australia and South Africa is also set to start in 30 minutes' time. So, there is a lot of cricket even now!

Heather Knight (England captain) : Yes, I think we talk about a lot with respect to playing according to the conditions. Just shows the kind of batting depth we have which is good to see. We recovered very well after being three down in the Powerplay. It was a very good toss to win for them, Renuka bowled very well. It was a complete batting performance from us after that. We haven't played a big team recently. So, to go out against a team like India was very good. Our ground fielding was outstanding. Obviously, a couple of catches went down. With players like Smriti Mandhana, you can't offer them a second chance.

Harmanpreet Kaur (India captain): I think we started really well, in the middle overs we let the game get away and lost the momentum from there on, we did well with the bat but we didn't keep up the required run-rate and lost wickets in the process. Whenever Renuka bowls, we expect her to take wickets, good to see her doing so well. We talked about the rain, we wanted to go with the rhythm, we were 10-12 runs behind but with Smriti and Richa were batting we could've covered it up, in patches we did well, there are some areas we need to work on. When you are behind, almost 30 runs and we had to take the chance and we lost the wicket of Jemi and myself, otherwise, the rest of the batters batted really well.

Natalie Sciver-Brunt is the Player of the Match! Here's what she has to say: Was tough, it was seaming a lot, they got five wickets, she was targeting the stumps and bowled brilliantly and we had to soak it up a bit but make sure we put our foot forward and take the attack. Depends really, I guess if you're hitting of the middle of the bat, it's a nice feeling but it took a bit of time to get used to the pace of the surface. We looked a little bit different today, we didn't get off to a good start, we did really well to finish, Amy came in and played a brilliant knock in the end. Fielding in front of the band, it was good, did caught up with the whistling and clapping along on the screen, great to have an atmosphere like that and brilliant to play in front of the people who want to watch us.

MATCH RESULT

England win by 11 runs

England 151-7 (20) | India 140-5 (20)

Smriti Mandhana 52 (41) | Richa Ghosh 47* (31)

Sarah Glenn 2-27 | Sophie Ecclestone 1-14

Dot ball and England seal a 11-run victory. What a superb performance from England. India started with a bang with Smriti Mandhana striking four boundaries off the third over. However, Lauren Bell pulled back things by dismissing Shafali Verma in the very next over. Thereafter, the scoring rate came down quickly as India wrapped up the Powerplay on 40-1.

The English spinners continued to deliver economical overs and it eventually resulted in a wicket as Jemimah Rodrigues holed out to long-on off Sarah Glenn's bowling in the tenth over. In the very next over, Harmanpreet Kaur also departed as she miscued an attempted big shot off Sophie Ecclestone.

India promoted Richa Ghosh to No.5 once again but Heather Knight rotated her bowlers superbly as the asking rate kept on rising with each over. Just as Mandhana looked to open up after reaching her fifty, she became Sarah Glenn's second victim in the 16th over.

Nat Sciver-Brunt built on that Sarah Glenn over with her own bowling as the 17th over went for only four runs. Lauren Bell was brought back and she also did a fine job by conceding only nine runs as India required 34 runs off the last 12 balls. The world's best T20I bowler, Sophie Ecclestone showed her quality as she gave away just three runs with Deepti Sharma also getting run-out. In the end, the experienced Katherine Sciver-Brunt held her nerve despite bowling a no-ball as England registered their third consecutive win of the tournament.

overs

140 /5 score

5nb

runs

Richa Ghosh *

47 (34)

Pooja Vastrakar

2 (4)

Katherine Brunt

0 /35

19.6 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, DOT BALL! England win this crucial fixture, their sixth win a row in a World Cup campaign against India. Full on the fourth stump, Ghosh crunches it but straight to extra-cover. Ghosh only faced six balls after Mandhana departed, something that they'll ponder on!

19.5 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, change of pace, short on the fourth stump, Ghosh cuts it away, through point and they scamper back for the brace.

19.4 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, SIX! BAM! Too little too late this for India. Length delivery on the off-stump, Ghosh clears her front foot and comfortably PUMMELS it over long-off fence for a maximum.

19.3 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Pooja Vastrakar, full toss on the off-stump, Vastrakar doesn't put that one in the gap, slammed it down to long-on for just one.

Very surprising decision from Richa Ghosh to deny the second. Seems like she has run out of gas now!

19.2 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, OH! Full on the off-stump, in the slot and Ghosh swings hard and mistimes it to deep square-leg, they needed to come back for a second but was never there and they settle for one.

OH!! Massive moment in the game. Waist-high full-toss from Katherine Sciver-Brunt and a free-hit is coming up!

19.2 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, FOUR MORE! NO-BALL! Not the greatest of starts for Katherine. Full toss and above waist height, Ghosh has enough power to swat it over the top of mid-off, runs away and finds the ropes again. Free-hit loading now!

19.1 Katherine Sciver-Brunt to Richa Ghosh, FOUR! Starts off with a full toss, Ghosh hammers it over the top of extra-cover, goes one bounce into the fence for a boundary.

Katherine Sciver-Brunt [2-0-20-0] is back into the attack

Such good bowling from Sophie Ecclestone. Only three runs off the penultimate over as she leaves 31 runs to defend off the last over. You would think it will be Nat Sciver-Brunt!

overs

121 /5 score

runs

Richa Ghosh *

30 (28)

Pooja Vastrakar

1 (3)

Sophie Ecclestone

2 /14

18.6 Sophie Ecclestone to Richa Ghosh, drops it short on the fourth stump, Ghosh waits and cuts it over the covers, doesn't carry to the sweeper as she keeps the strike. 31 needed of the last over!

18.5 Sophie Ecclestone to Pooja Vastrakar, full toss, fired into Vastrakar, gets rushed and she punched it down to long-off for just one.

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