Sophie Ecclestone may turn out to be the quickest girl to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket when England face Pakistan on Sunday, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Ecclestone at the moment has 98 scalps to her title after ending on 3-26 in England’s first ODI victory over Pakistan. She wants two wickets in her subsequent match to interrupt the report set by Australia nice Cathryn Fitzpatrick in 64 video games.
Australia’s tempo bowler Megan Schutt (66 matches) and left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen (67) at the moment occupy the second and third place respectively.
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Reflecting on England’s 37-run victory over Pakistan in Derby, participant of the match Ecclestone stated: “I believe we bought away with just a few balls on the market, it was actually chilly nevertheless it’s nice to get three wickets and to get the win ultimately.
“I simply attempt to bowl my finest ball for longer. Generally I am going attempting to find wickets however I’ve to remind myself to maintain my finest ball in play and use my arm ball when wanted.
“I believe we did not get sufficient runs, we must always have gotten just a few extra however I believe we went out and we needed to take wickets and maintain the depth excessive and that’s what we did.”
England wrapped up a “scrappy” win in opposition to Pakistan within the ODI opener with Alice Capsey (44) top-scoring and Charlie Dean (2-39), Lauren Bell (2-42) and Kate Cross (2-46) all ending with two wickets apiece.
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England captain Heather Knight admits victory within the first ODI in opposition to Pakistan can solely be described as ‘scrappy’
Nida Dar’s facet annoyed the England gamers in the direction of the demise with semi-threatening partnerships main Pakistan to their narrowest defeat in opposition to the hosts in an ODI match.
Pakistan at the moment sit in fifth place on the ICC Girls’s Championship desk with 16 factors and the highest six groups, together with hosts India, will likely be granted computerized qualification for the 50-over World Cup in 2025.
It’s the final alternative for the Nida’s facet to get factors whereas England have two sequence in hand. They face Eire in a three-match ODI sequence in September earlier than arising in opposition to South Africa in December in the identical format.
“It was a scrappy performance, we can do a lot better, too many extras but at the end of the day we got the job done,” said England’s captain Heather Knight.
“There have been quite a lot of issues we may tidy up. I’ve talked quite a bit about discovering the tempo in ODI cricket and the extra we do issues for longer, the higher we are going to get.
“There have been quite a lot of stop-starts however you needed one batter to dominate and we would have liked to be much more tidy within the area.”
England completed a T20 whitewash against the tourists earlier this month where Ecclestone became the country’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format where she took five wickets across three games.
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The 25-year-old has 118 wickets in T20 cricket and moved previous Katherine Sciver-Brunt to say the highest spot for England.
With the T20 World Cup solely 5 months away in Bangladesh, her wicket-taking skills and expertise within the sub-continent with the Girls’s Premier League will maintain her in good stead for choice.
Earlier than the subsequent 50-over World Cup in India England play three ODI and T20I matches as a part of the multi-format Ashes in January so their preparation in opposition to Pakistan and New Zealand later this summer season will likely be essential.
Watch the second ODI between England and Pakistan from Taunton, stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket on Sunday from 10.30am (first ball 11am). Additionally stream with NOW.
England vs Pakistan ODI sequence fixtures – stay on Sky Sports activities
Might 23: First Girls’s One-Day Worldwide – England win by 37 runs
Might 26: Second Girls’s One-Day Worldwide – Taunton, 11am
Might 29: Third Girls’s One-Day Worldwide – Chelmsford, 1pm
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