Published: Jul 03, 2016, 06:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:13 PM (IST)
England Women take on Pakistan Women in the first of three T20Is at Bristol. England Women easily won the One-Day International (ODI) series before this and will be looking to inflict more of the same pain on Pakistan Women, who are currently low on confidence. Tammy Beaumont has been in excellent form of late, having scored a couple of tons in the ODI series. Heather Knight has got off to a perfect start as captain and will be looking to carrying on the momentum in this series as well. The next two T20Is are scheduled to be played at Southampton and Chelmsford on July 5 and July 7 respectively.
Live cricket scores and updates, Pakistan Women 119/7| Overs 20| Target: 188| Batting: Sania Khan 0 (3), Sana Mir 1 (1): Pakistan Women succumb to yet another defeat on this tour, but have two more T20Is to come good. They will want to end this tour on a high especially after losing the ODI series as well. England Women in the other hand, will be very proud of their effort today. OUT! Nain Abidi c Wyatt b Gunn 24 (28), Nida Dar c Brunt b Sciver 5 (3), Asmavia Iqbal b Hazell 35 (27)
Live cricket scores and updates, Pakistan Women 62/4| Overs 13| Target: 188| Batting:Nain Abidi 9 (14), Asmavia Iqbal 4 (6): Pakistan Women in deep trouble as they have lost three more wickets and are not maintaining a good run rate as well. England Women are right on top in this match. OUT! Bismah Maroof c Hazell b Gunn 19 (17), Sidra Ameen c Brunt b Ecclestone 9 (24), Sidra Nawaz b Hazell 4 (7)
Live cricket scores and updates, Pakistan Women 28/1| Overs 5| Target: 188| Batting: Sidra Ameen 5 (15), Bismah Maroof 9 (5): Pakistan Women have lost an early wicket and are not going at a particularly good run rate. They need over 10 an over and their batters really have to step it up from here. OUT! Javeria Khan c Knight b Sciver 14 (10)
Live cricket scores and updates, England Women 187/5 | Overs 20| Batting: Katherine Brunt 1 (1), Georgia Elwiss 5 (2): England Women have lost a lot of wickets in the end and it is the Pakistan Women, who have ended the innings on a high. Pakistan Women will back themselves to win this match, but will have to bat really well. OUT! Natalie Sciver c Sidra b Nida 13 (14), Danielle Wyatt run out 1 (1), Heather Knight c Sidra b Nida 3 (4)
Live cricket scores and updates, England Women 173/2 | Overs 18| Batting: Natalie Sciver 9 (10), Heather Knight 1 (1): Finally something to rejoice for the Pakistan Women as they get rid of beaumont for 82. It is Asmavia Iqbal, who traps her in front. Winfield has gone past her fifty and was looking good, until she was removed by Sadia Yousuf. England Women look set to finish with a flourish, but Pakistan Women look to for some momentum going into the break. OUT! Tammy Beaumont LBW b Asmavia 82 (53), Lauren Winfield c Bismah b Sadia 74 (45)
Live cricket scores and updates, England Women 104/0 | Overs 12| Batting: Tammy Beaumont 58 (41), Lauren Winfield 43 (30): England Women going really strong. Beaumont has scored yet another fifty. She has been a big pain for Pakistan Women throughout this tour. Winfield too is slowly approaching her fifty as England Women go past the 100-run mark.
Live cricket scores and updates, England Women 59/0 | Overs 6| Batting: Tammy Beaumont 37 (20), Lauren Winfield 19 (16): England have gotten off to an excellent start once again and their opening batters have managed to put on an excellent stand. Pakistan Women need a breakthrough and really fast.
Live cricket scores and updates, England Women 29/0 | Overs 3| Batting: Tammy Beaumont 20 (10), Lauren Winfield 6 (8): England are off to a good start once again and it is Beaumont, whio is taking on the Pakistan bowlers at the moment, while Winfield is happy to give the strike back to her partner at the moment. Pakistan Women need a couple of early breakthroughs today.
ENG W XI: Lauren Winfield, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver, Georgia Elwiss, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Sophie Ecclestone
PAK W XI: Nain Abidi, Sidra Ameen, Javeria Khan, Bismah Maroof (c), Sana Mir, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Sania Khan, Nida Dar, Sadia Yousuf, Asmavia Iqbal, Maham Tariq
TOSS: England Women have won toss, elect to bat first
Pakistan Women will be led by Bismah Maroof in this series. It was Sana Mir, who led the team in the ODI series and she will look to turn the fortunes around of the team in the shortest format. Bismah was the leading run-getter for Pakistan Women in the ODI series and will look to be among the runs in the T20I series as well. Asmavia Iqbal with four wickets in three matches was Pakistan Eomen’s leading wicket-taker
England Women will look to dominate Pakistan Women in this series as well. They did a professional job in the ODI series and one gets the feeling that may do a whitewash over their opponents in this series as well, given the kind of form they are in at the moment. Pakistan Women too will try their best to ensure that they get off to a winning start in this series.
Squads:
Pakistan Women: Bismah Maroof (c), Aiman Anwer, Anam Amin, Asmavia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Nain Abidi, Nida Dar, Sadia Yousuf, Sana Mir, Sania Khan, Sidra Ameen, Sidra Nawaz (wk)
England Women: Heather Knight (c), Anya Shrubsole, Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Georgia Elwiss, Jenny Gunn, Alex Hartley, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones, Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Danielle Wyatt
