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Stand-in captain Charlie Deane guided England to a 38-run win over Scotland at Headingley as the hosts continued their unbeaten start to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Sophia Dunkley and Sophie Ecclestone starred and, despite the Scots’ struggles, England secured a comfortable victory to progress to the semi-finals.
Dunkley was dismissed for sixes, 43 and 45 as he made 57 off 37 balls in his first appearance at the tournament after replacing England captain Nat Syver-Brunt. That has re-injured his left calf And will also miss Wednesday’s game against the West Indies at Lord’s.
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Sophie Ecclestone is the fifth bowler to take 150 wickets in T20Is.
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Amy Jones is caught out on the first ball of England’s Women’s T20 World Cup match against Scotland.
Dunkley’s innings put England on their way to an impressive score of 200-5 when they went into bat.
Scotland made a great start to the match with former England spinner Kirsty Gordon catching Amy Jones on the first ball of the innings, but England quickly regrouped.
Ellis Capsey scored 40, while Freya Kemp (39) and Danny Gibson (30) started some incredible late power-hitting with a 21-ball 61 that helped England to 70 in the last six overs.
The hosts left Ecclestone (2-23) to do damage with the ball as he became the fifth bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 Internationals.
Darcy Carter (29) and Catherine Fraser (23) got Scotland off to a solid start with Sarah Bryce hitting 34 off 24 balls.
They put in a determined display with the bat, though, but it wasn’t enough to reach their highest score of 162-7 in the chase.
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Sophia Dunkley’s brilliant innings finally saw off Scotland
England’s player of the match Dunkley Sky Sports: “It was great to get out there. It looked pretty tricky up front, and I thought they bowled pretty well, but it was great for England to get the win.”
And after coming for Syver-Brant, he added: “It’s tournament cricket. I think all 15 are important in a World Cup – you just try and be as prepared as possible on the sidelines, and that’s what I tried to do.
“It’s nice to fit in and contribute, but I think the most important thing is that we got the two points and can keep the momentum going into the next game.
“We’ve been trying to communicate really well, we know each other’s strengths very well. To have (Danny Gibson) Gibo and (Freya) Kemp at the end of our innings, really getting out for 200 totals was really cool to see.”
Dean is content after taking over the captaincy
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Charlie Dean shares the importance of batsmen getting up to ‘big totals’
Dean, England’s permanent captain, said: “We could have been more clinical with the ball, but to get a score like that put us in a great position.
“I thought Scotland came out swinging. They played well on a really good pitch, but to get the win – that’s what we wanted to achieve.”
On the captaincy, he said: “I’ve actually enjoyed it. There are such big totals for tries and defense – the girls were really good, but I wanted to bowl a bit better to be honest.
“It’s a skill to captain and focus on your bowling – but it’s been good.”
And after reaching 200, Dean added: “It’s massive for our batsmen to get to that total. The scores are getting bigger and bigger – how to chase those high totals and set them was great.
“It was a great pitch at Headingley, so it was really pleasing to get that total and do a lot of work at the back end for the girls.”
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Dean claimed his team’s first wicket against Scotland
Win for Bangladesh and Australia
Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 23 runs in their own game in Southampton.
Pakistan set a total of 124 runs to win, but fell behind by just 100 runs in their 20 overs.
Australia maintained their winning streak An easy 98-run win over the Netherlands At the Hampshire Bowl.
After opening the tournament with wins over South Africa and Bangladesh, six-time champions Australia finished three from Group A in a record-equalling tournament.
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