206/9 (50.0)
CR : 4.12
243/9 (50.0)
CR : 4.86
England Women won by 37 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Sophie Ecclestone
3/261(5)
ENGW won by 37 runs
00:34 IST and 20:04 Local Time | England Women won the first WODI of the series by defeating Pakistan Women by 37 runs.
After losing the toss, England Women were put to bat first in the innings. Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier opened the innings for the home side. Both added 45 runs for the first wicket before Bouchier was dismissed for 17 of 24 balls. Beaumont was the next to get dismissed for 33 from 40 balls. Skipper Heather Knight added 29 runs from 49 balls and Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 31 from 34 balls before England were reduced to 118/4 in 25.5 overs. Alice Capsey and Amy Jones added 67 runs for the fifth wicket. Jones scored 37 from 38 balls and Capsey remained the top scorer of the innings with 44 runs from 65 balls. At the end, Charlie Dean added 20 runs and Sarah Glenn remained not out on 16* to help England post a total of 243/9 in 50 overs.
For Pakistan, skipper Nida Dar was the pick of the bowlers who ended with a figure of 56/3 in 10 overs. Nashra Sandhu, Umme Hani and Aliya Riaz picked two wickets each in the innings.
Chasing a target of 244, Pakistan were down to 37/1 in 7.3 overs. Sidra Ameen managed to score just 2 runs from 18 balls. Sadaf Shamas and Muneeba Ali showed some intent in the middle. Shamas scored 28 from 48 balls and Muneeba scored 34 from 60 balls before getting dismissed. Skipper Nida Dar scored 26 from 38 balls while Aliya Riaz managed to get 21 runs from 32 balls. Najiha Alvi remained not out on 26* from 57 balls. No other batter got a double digit score in the innings.
For England, Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the bowlers who ended with a figure of 26/3 in 10 overs. Kate Cross, Lauren Bell and Charlie Dean managed to take two wickets each in the innings.
After losing the toss, England Women were put to bat first in the innings. Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier opened the innings for the home side. Both added 45 runs for the first wicket before Bouchier was dismissed for 17 of 24 balls. Beaumont was the next to get dismissed for 33 from 40 balls. Skipper Heather Knight added 29 runs from 49 balls and Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 31 from 34 balls before England were reduced to 118/4 in 25.5 overs. Alice Capsey and Amy Jones added 67 runs for the fifth wicket. Jones scored 37 from 38 balls and Capsey remained the top scorer of the innings with 44 runs from 65 balls. At the end, Charlie Dean added 20 runs and Sarah Glenn remained not out on 16* to help England post a total of 243/9 in 50 overs.
For Pakistan, skipper Nida Dar was the pick of the bowlers who ended with a figure of 56/3 in 10 overs. Nashra Sandhu, Umme Hani and Aliya Riaz picked two wickets each in the innings.
Chasing a target of 244, Pakistan were down to 37/1 in 7.3 overs. Sidra Ameen managed to score just 2 runs from 18 balls. Sadaf Shamas and Muneeba Ali showed some intent in the middle. Shamas scored 28 from 48 balls and Muneeba scored 34 from 60 balls before getting dismissed. Skipper Nida Dar scored 26 from 38 balls while Aliya Riaz managed to get 21 runs from 32 balls. Najiha Alvi remained not out on 26* from 57 balls. No other batter got a double digit score in the innings.
For England, Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the bowlers who ended with a figure of 26/3 in 10 overs. Kate Cross, Lauren Bell and Charlie Dean managed to take two wickets each in the innings.
Time for the post match presentations
Player of the Match- Sophie Ecclestone
Sophie Ecclestone(Player of the Match)- "It is pretty cold today. But we are glad to bowl well.
My plans are simple. I just keep on hitting the right lengths and bowl at the stumps. Yes we posted a few runs less on the board but we knew that if we bowl well, we can restrict them."
My plans are simple. I just keep on hitting the right lengths and bowl at the stumps. Yes we posted a few runs less on the board but we knew that if we bowl well, we can restrict them."
Nida Dar (Pakistan Women Captain): "Our bowlers really bowled well today as we restricted them to 243 in the first innings. We needed to have good partnerships in the middle part of the innings which could have helped us to chase the target. Well, we will definitely have a discussion and plan it out for the next game to perform better with the bat."
Heather Knight (England Women Captain)- "It is a fantastic performance. I think we got our executions well and it is good to see all of our top six batters contributing.
Sophie has played a lot of one day cricket and she is doing well for us. If she gets more time in this format and she will do better.
I think our batters need to be more dominating in the game. Hopefully we can score 300 in Taunton."
Sophie has played a lot of one day cricket and she is doing well for us. If she gets more time in this format and she will do better.
I think our batters need to be more dominating in the game. Hopefully we can score 300 in Taunton."
That’s all from today’s coverage. Gourav Samal here signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Saptak Sanyal, Pritam Dey, Deepak Prakash, and Aditya Agarwal and scorer/analyst Chandan Kumar Singh and Asraj Khan. Stay tuned with us for all cricketing actions around the world. Good Night.