Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: India and Australia are set to face one another within the first semi-final of the mega occasion to be performed on February 23 at Newlands in Cape Town.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 21, 2023 22:22 IST
WT20 WC: India to face Australia in 1st semi-final after England hammer Pakistan. Courtesy: Reuters
By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: India and Australia are set to face one another within the first semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on Thursday, February 23 on the Newlands in Cape Town.
The fixture was determined after Heather Knight’s England defeated Nida Dar’s Pakistan by 114 runs in a Group B match on the Newlands. Before the match, there was a mathematical probability of England ending second within the desk offered Pakistan beat them by an enormous margin.
But it was precisely the alternative as England romped to victory and completed the Group stage unbeaten with eight factors and a internet run price of +2.860.
After opting to bat first, England racked up an enormous rating of 213 for the lack of 5 wickets. Danielle Wyatt began the innings with a knock of 59 after which Nat Sciver-Brunt took cost.
Sciver smashed her solution to an unbeaten 40-ball 81 with 12 fours and one six as England turned the primary group to breach the 200-run mark within the historical past of Women’s T20 World Cups.
Amy Jones injected impetus into the innings with a knock of 47 runs off 31 balls with 5 fours and one six. Nida Dar turned the main wicket-taker in WT20Is after she went previous West Indies’ Hayley Matthews.
Pakistan stumbled of their run-chase after ending with 99 for the lack of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Charlie Dean accounted for 2 scalps every.
Sciver, Sarah Glenn and Sophie Ecclestone picked up one wicket apiece. The fixture of the second semi-final shall be determined after the match between Nigar Sultana Joty’s Bangladesh and Sune Luus’ South Africa on Tuesday.
While Australia topped Group A with eight factors from 4 matches, South Africa and Sophie Devine’s New Zealand are preventing for the final semi-final spot.
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Feb 21, 2023