Stand-in skipper Charlie Dean guided England as the hosts continued their unbeaten start to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with a 38-run victory over Scotland at Headingley.
Sophia Dunkley and Sophie Ecclestone starred for England and, despite the Scots putting up a fight, the hosts sealed a comfortable win.
Dunkley, who replaced reinjured England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt in the side, pummelled 57 runs off 37 balls to set England on their way to an impressive score of 200.
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Sophie Ecclestone becomes the fifth bowler to claim 150 wickets in T20Is
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Amy Jones is caught out first ball in England’s Women’s T20 World Cup clash against Scotland
Scotland made a spectacular start to the match with Amy Jones caught off the first ball of the innings as ex-England spinner Kirstie Gordon made her mark, but England regrouped quickly.
Alice Capsey smacked 40, while Freya Kemp (39) and Dani Gibson (30) launched some incredible late power-hitting with 61 runs off 21 balls to aid England to score 70 runs in the last six overs.
The hosts left Ecclestone (2-23) to do the damage with the ball as she became the fifth bowler to claim 150 wickets in T20 internationals.
Darcey Carter (29) and Katherine Fraser (23) made a solid start for the Saltires with Sarah Bryce hitting 34 off 24 but Scotland began to lose wickets at regular intervals.
Scotland put on a determined showing with the bat, albeit, not enough, despite their highest score in chase of a total as they reached 162-7.
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Scotland finally put an end to Sophia Dunkley’s spectacular innings
England’s player of the match Dunkley told Sky Sports: “It was great to get out there. Found it quite tricky up front, and I thought they bowled pretty well, but it was great to get the win for England.”
And on coming in for Sciver-Brunt, she added: “It’s tournament cricket. I think all 15 are so important in a World Cup – you just try and stay as ready as you can on the sidelines, and that’s what I tried to do.
“Nice to fit in and contribute, but I think the most important thing is that we got the two points and keep the momentum going into the next game.
“We are trying to communicate really well, we know each other’s strengths so well. It was amazing to see [Dani Gibson] Gibbo and [Freya] Kemp whacking it at the end of our innings, really getting out to that 200 total which is really great to see.”
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Dean claimed her side’s first wicket against Scotland
Wins for Bangladesh and Australia
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in their game in Southampton.
Pakistan were set a total of 124 for victory, but fell short at only 100 runs from their 20 overs.
Australia maintained their winning start with a comfortable 98-run win over Netherlands at the Hampshire Bowl.
After opening the tournament with wins over South Africa and Bangladesh, six-time champions Australia made it three from three in Group A with a record-equalling tournament total.
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