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Australia earned a 3rd consecutive convincing triumph astatine the Women's Twenty20 World Cup erstwhile it bushed the Netherlands by 98 runs.
Australia reached 200 successful the World Cup for the archetypal clip and equalled the highest ever tourney total, 219-6. The Netherlands was kept to 121-3 astatine the Rose Bowl.
Like Australia, England was 3 for 3 aft easy containing Scotland by 38 runs successful Leeds successful beforehand of 11,419 people, an attendance grounds for a women's lucifer astatine Headingley.
Bangladesh eliminated Pakistan by 23 runs with 2 large comebacks to enactment successful the hunt for a archetypal semifinal.
Mooney retires wounded but OK
Opening batter Beth Mooney gave Australia a scare erstwhile she retired connected 74 disconnected 42 balls with a stiff back. But she said afterward she was fine.
“I'm each good, conscionable precautionary,” Mooney said. “Probably conscionable not utilized to each the autobus question we've been doing.” Mooney shared 50 runs disconnected 28 balls for the opening wicket with Georgia Voll (17) and 101 disconnected 55 with Ash Gardner (58), who returned from an ankle sprain.
Georgia Wareham swept Australia past 200 with 41 disconnected 18 including 32 runs from boundaries.
With Mooney sidelined, Australia didn't person a backup wicketkeeper. The accustomed alternative, Phoebe Litchfield, was retired with a quad issue. The gloves were fixed to Voll and she was tidy, taking a drawback successful the 2nd implicit arsenic pacer Kim Garth took 2-10 successful her archetypal 2 overs.
The Netherlands, appearing successful its archetypal World Cup, was ne'er going to pursuit down a 220 people but skipper Babette de Leede and Sterre Kalis combined for 96 from 91 balls from the 4th implicit to the 19th.
Kalis, dropped connected 21 and 40, was bowled for 44 and skipper de Leede, 56 not retired disconnected 57 balls, finished the lucifer with Robine Rijke, some of whom were playing their 100th T20s.
“This is simply a monolithic infinitesimal for us,” de Leede said. “Australia are a prime squad (so) to larn from them, spot however they spell astir their innings, it's conscionable incredible.”
Dunkley stars for England connected recall
England started without injured skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, gave the armband to Charlie Dean and the No. 3 batting spot to Sophia Dunkley, who was the subordinate of the match.
“It was large to beryllium backmost in,” Dunkley said. “That's tourney cricket, coming successful and retired of the team, but you cognize that each 15 (squad players) are going to beryllium important astatine immoderate point.”
Dunkley helped England retrieve from losing some openers aboriginal to spinner Kirstie Gordon, who represented England astatine the 2018 World Cup. Dunkley was dropped 3 times, doubly successful 2 balls disconnected Gordon, earlier she was retired caught successful the heavy connected 57 disconnected 37 balls.
Other misfields by Scotland conceded 4 boundaries.
Freya Kemp (39 disconnected 16) and Dani Gibson (30 disconnected 11) smoked 59 runs from the past 3 overs to springiness England an above-par full of 200-5. It's lone the 5th 200-plus full successful World Cup past and England has 3 of them.
Scotland's pursuit died astatine 162-7 but it was matching England aboriginal on.
When Sophie Ecclestone bowled Kathryn Bryce — collecting his 150th T20 wicket — and Darcey Carter connected 29, Scotland hopes faded. Those hopes were gone erstwhile Sarah Bryce was retired for 34 disconnected 24 successful the 14th over. Five England bowlers shared wickets.
Bangladesh illness Pakistan
Bangladesh recovered from 13-3 to station 123-6 and constricted Pakistan to 100-8.
Pakistan has besides mislaid to India and South Africa portion Bangladesh has besides beaten the Netherlands.
Bangladesh chose to bat archetypal but was rapidly 13-3. Captain Nigar Sultana held the innings unneurotic done the mediate overs against the miserly bowling of Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal and other skipper Fatima Sana.
But past Bangladesh plundered 43 disconnected the past 4 overs with a large decorativeness by Shorna Akter; 39 runs disconnected 22 balls.
Pakistan's pursuit of 124 started comfortably with openers Muneeba Ali and Gull Feroza combining for 49. After they were prised out, the turning constituent came successful the 12th implicit erstwhile dilatory left-armer Sanjida Akter Meghla took 2 wickets to trim Pakistan to 70-4.
Those setbacks tumbled Pakistan disconnected its run-a-ball gait and it ne'er recovered. Pakistan scored lone 30 much runs successful 8 overs, tied down by the rotation of Akter Meghla, Rabeya Khan and Nahida Akter.
