Pakistan women cricket team who was started his campaign with highest score against India in the opening match is ended the tournament with lowest total of 99 against England Women at Newlands Cape Town. England women captain Heather Night won the toss and decided to bat first. Sciver-Brunt’s 81 not out led England to a record score on board of 213 runs, and to defeat Pakistan by 114 runs and go unbeaten in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 group stages.
The England vice-captain and Amy Jones shared a 100-run partnership, helping England score 213 for five. This made them the first team to pass 200 runs in Women’s T20 World Cups.
Danni Wyatt had made just 27 runs in the tournament so far, but her drought came to an end in emphatic style as she led the bullish start to England’s innings.
The right-hander started her innings with a four and a six on consecutive balls in the first over and remained calm even when Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey were dismissed for single-digit scores. Alongside Sciver-Brunt, Wyatt brought up England’s fifty with a four. Five overs later, she hit another boundary to reach her half-century in just 29 balls.
The end to her innings came as she searched for her third six of the game as she marched down the track but did not connect cleanly and Sidra Ameen was able to pocket the catch on the boundary as Wyatt departed for 59 from 33.
Heather Knight was dismissed by stand-in captain Nida Dar after facing only six balls. Nida Dar achieved 126 T20 international wickets, surpassing West Indies’s Anisa Mohammed for the most by a woman. Despite losing two quick wickets, England didn’t slow down. Jones joined Sciver-Brunt, who reached her half-century off 29 balls, marking her second consecutive fifty in the tournament.
Jones enjoyed the history-making moment, her six over square leg bringing up England’s 200, with the pair’s one hundred partnership coming seven balls later off just 46 deliveries.
The wicket-keeper batter was dismissed on the final ball of the innings after scoring 47 from 31 balls. She quickly returned to the field as Pakistan began their chase of 214.
Jones took a catch behind the stumps as Katherine Sciver-Brunt dismissed Sadaf Sharmas for a two-ball duck. An early introduction of spin brought wickets as Muneeba Ali could not back up her century against Ireland with a significant score, departing for three from 10 off the bowling of Charlie Dean. Nat Sciver-Brunt was as successful with her bowling as she was with her batting. Omaima Sohail sent a catch to Freya Davies, leaving Pakistan at 15 for three.
While England punished spin, Pakistan struggled with it. Sarah Glenn dismissed Nida for 11, and an over later, Dean got Sidra out. Katherine Sciver-Brunt, rebounding from her zero for 39 against India, dismissed Aliya Riaz for five, finishing with two wickets for 14 runs from her four overs.
Having rebuilt from 54 for seven, Tuba took 11 runs off the penultimate over, before she was run out for 28 from 20 balls as she failed to track the ball. Jones ended the game with a stumping off the last ball, securing England’s spot in Friday’s semi-final.
England beat Pakistan at Newlands, Cape Town by 114 runs
England 213/5 in 20 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 81 not out; Danni Wyatt 59; Fatima Sana 2/44, Tuba Hassan 1/37)
Pakistan 99/9 in 20 overs (Tuba Hassan 28, Fatima Sana 16 not out; Katherine Sciver-Brunt 2/14, Charlie Dean 2/28)
Player of the Match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (England)
