Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

ME Bouchier
62(34) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 17 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 8 8 8 21 1 6 6
DN Wyatt
51(26) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
2 4 6 9 15 6 6 3

Best performances - Bowlers

S Ecclestone
S Ecclestone
O4
M0
R13
W2
Eco3.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
DR Gibson
DR Gibson
O1
M0
R5
W1
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
10 | 13 Runs | ENG-W: 113/0 | RR: 11.30

  • Maia Bouchier62 (34b)
  • Danni Wyatt-Hodge51 (26b)
  • Kathryn Bryce3-0-31-0
  • Darcey Carter1-0-11-0

4:30pm And, that will be all from us for this game. There's still plenty to come today, with the small matter of an India-Australia clash, which will be pivotal to India's qualification hopes, set for an hour and a half from now. Do join us for that game, and do indulge in NRR calculations (although a caveat that they are not very straightforward). Jokes aside, it is goodbye from Chetan, Thilak and myself, and hope to see you all soon. Stay safe!

Heather Knight: Really pleased. The pitch got a lot better and the outfield had a bit of a trim. We bowled brilliantly and pure class from those two (openers). (On Bouchier stepping up) She has (stepped up). She was disappointed the other day on not being able to bat the way she wants. Once we had a good powerplay, it was about how quick we could do it and put pressure on the other teams. 10.5 (overs) it was to go above SA and then to get it as quickly as we could. We have so many options. Linsey had not done anything wrong but wanted to get Bell into the competition. She was outstanding. Really nice to have so much depth and really pleased with the way she bowled. (On their last game against WI) Just try and win, exactly the same way we have approached (the tournament so far). You want to keep winning, keep that momentum and we want to go again, get some momentum and make it to the semis.

Kathryn Bryce, Scotland captain: Pretty tough tournament in general but a massive honour to be here and to be leading the team out in a tournament like this. Only learnings to be taken from here. (On what learnings they will take back) Just the basics and doing them every time with quality. You can play the expansive shots but you need to be doing the basics all the time. Always challenging the first time you play in a different stadium against different teams. Girls are gradually getting used to it. (On the support) It has been absolutely incredible. Loads of parents out here, always cheering no matter what happens. (On Jack-Brown) She has been playing for Scotland for 18 years and nice to go, have a meal and celebrate her career. From travelling up and down on the M6 to play cricket, to playing on the World Cup stage, has been special.

4:20pm And so...in a slight turn of events, that boundary off the last ball has indeed pushed England's NRR past that of the West Indies.

Maia Bouchier, Player of the Match: I felt really good, batting with Danni, always very easy. We have an unspoken communication between us. We are thinking if we can stick to our strengths, run well between the wickets, we can get the team to wins. We got told about the eighth over about the NRR, that we had to get it done before the tenth over. Fine lines and fine margins (in the tournament). Our bowlers did brilliantly to keep them down (to this total). We want to take that trophy. We are thinking about what is happening in the present and not thinking about other teams. We are putting ourselves in a really good position and going into the next few games, we have to keep ourselves calm. It was really important for me to go out there and be still. Kept telling myself that. That is what I do best. Really important for me to play the way I did and back myself to win games.

4:12pm Well, that was quick, wasn't it? 10 overs is all it took for England to ice this run-chase, with both of their openers making merry in the Sharjah sunshine. Bouchier started it all off with a flurry of boundaries, and Wyatt-Hodge followed suit soon after. They smashed the ball to all parts and showed no mercy to the tournament debutants, giving them an inkling of how tough it is to compete against the biggest gunslingers in the game.

A tough end to a tough debut campaign for Scotland. This experience may yet enrich them, but for now, it is a day that will sting. They simply had no answers once England came after them, and their lack of accuracy was laid bare. They bowled both sides of the wicket and were, unsurprisingly, punished.

9.6
4
KE Bryce to Bouchier, FOUR, that will be that! Bouchier lands the final blow in a bruising batting display! Angled in full on off stump. Bouchier reads the line like the morning daily, shimmies across and mousses it over square leg. A fitting end to what has been an utterly dominant display and this statement of intent will reverberate throughout the T20 World Cup!
9.5
3
KE Bryce to Wyatt, 3 runs, oh dear - that is a comedy of errors! Outside off and Wyatt-Hodge forces it towards cover. Seems to set off for the single but there is some miscommunication with her partner. The fielder has ample time to line up her throw at the batter's end, with Bouchier nowhere in the frame but she somehow hurls it a mile away from the stumps. England run two overs-throws and Wyatt-Hodge gets to a 26-ball fifty! Scores level too!
9.4
1
KE Bryce to Bouchier, 1 run, big appeal, not given! Surely Scotland must review? Zipped in full on off. Bouchier moves across her stumps, swings at it and misses. The ball kisses the pad and rolls away behind square. No review taken, surprisingly
9.3
4
KE Bryce to Bouchier, FOUR, what a shot that is - absolutely world-class! Back of a length on middle and leg. Bouchier goes against the angle but still manages to nail this reverse over backward point!
9.2
1
KE Bryce to Wyatt, 1 run, slanted in on a length on leg stump. Wyatt-Hodge picks it up and shovels it on the bounce to deep backward square leg
9.1
0
KE Bryce to Wyatt, no run, full and wide outside off. Wyatt-Hodge tugs at it too much and shanks it back into the stumps at the other end. Scotland could do with the extra fielder...

Just ten needed now. Can England finish it off in this over?