{"id":37216,"date":"2024-10-13T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-t20-world-cup-england-close-in-on-semi-finals-after-thumping-10-wicket-win-over-scotland-cricket-news\/13\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T13:34:22","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-england-close-in-on-semi-finals-after-thumping-10-wicket-win-over-scotland-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-t20-world-cup-england-close-in-on-semi-finals-after-thumping-10-wicket-win-over-scotland-cricket-news\/13\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s T20 World Cup: England close in on semi-finals after thumping 10-wicket win over Scotland | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A ruthless England thrashed Scotland by 10 wickets at the Women’s T20 World Cup to all but secure a semi-final place.<\/p>\n

Maia Bouchier (62no off 34) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge (51no off 26) powered England to an ask of 110 in just 10 overs, sharing the side’s first hundred opening stand in T20 World Cups since 2012.<\/p>\n

The scale of the victory in Sharjah lifts Heather Knight’s team top of Group B, above South Africa on net-run rate, and they will secure a semi-final place by beating West Indies in Dubai on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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However, England will qualify with anything other than a heavy defeat as their NRR is currently +1.716 compared to South Africa’s +1.382, giving them some margin for error.<\/p>\n

England’s third win in a row was set up by the bowlers as they limited Scotland to 109-6, with spinner Sophie Ecclestone snaffling 2-13 and recalled seamer Lauren Bell 1-16.<\/p>\n

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Bouchier wrapped up England’s victory, one ball after a comical mix-up from Scotland in the field<\/span>
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Scotland, who have lost all four of their matches in their debut T20 World Cup, saw skipper Kathryn Bryce (33 off 28) and sister Sarah (27 off 31) top-score with the bat.<\/p>\n

But their wayward bowling was brutally punished by England with Bouchier – dropped on 12 by Scotland spinner Olivia Bell – crunching 12 boundaries in a statement triumph for her side.<\/p>\n

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Bouchier, Wyatt-Hodge blast England to quick-fire win<\/h3>\n

Scotland needed every chance to stick as they set about defending such a small total but Bell shelled Bouchier off her own bowling in the second over of the chase.<\/p>\n

By then, though, the England opener had already struck three fours – consecutively off seamer Rachel Slater from the first three balls of the innings.<\/p>\n

Bouchier had stuttered against South Africa last time out with a sketchy eight off 20 balls, yet she rebounded against Scotland to post the highest individual score in this tournament, eclipsing Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt’s 59 against West Indies.<\/p>\n

Bouchier’s final four secured England’s victory with exactly half of the innings remaining, one ball after some comical Scotland fielding had led to overthrows and allowed Wyatt to clinch her half-century from 26 balls, four deliveries brisker than Bouchier’s.<\/p>\n

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Scotland began promisingly if sedately with the bat as Sarah Bryce and Saskia Horley (13) put on 38 for the first wicket, but when Horley ballooned Nat Sciver-Brunt (1-20) to Ecclestone at mid-off at the end of the eighth over, the World Cup debutants lost regular wickets.<\/p>\n

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The pick of the dismissals was Sarah Bryce’s, with England wicketkeeper Amy Jones stumping the batter off Ecclestone after gathering a rising ball close to her throat.<\/p>\n

England seamer Danielle Gibson (1-5) bagged a wicket in her first over the competition, removing Ailsa Lister (11) after the Scotland player had mowed her team’s maiden six of the tournament, off England off-spinner Charlie Dean (1-26).<\/p>\n

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Plus, Bell inflicted a duck on Lorna Jack-Brown in the batter’s final match for Scotland before she becomes a full-time police officer – Jack-Brown castled heaving across the line.<\/p>\n

It was England who put in an arresting performance, sending a message to their title rivals, notably favourites Australia, as they target a first T20 World Cup title since the inaugural edition in 2009.<\/p>\n

‘We want to take the trophy now’<\/h3>\n

Player-of-the-match Maia Bouchier: <\/strong>“We got told about net run-rate in the eighth over and it’s really important at this point in the tournament. We want to take the trophy now.<\/p>\n

“We’re keeping an eye on everyone’s scores and putting ourselves in a really positive position but we’ve got to keep our calm and not think too far ahead.”<\/p>\n

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Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce: <\/strong>“It’s been a pretty tough tournament for us but a massive honour to be here and lead the team out. There can only be learnings that can be taken from it moving forward.”<\/p>\n

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England <\/strong>conclude their Group B campaign against West Indies in Dubai on Tuesday. Watch build-up from 2.30pm on Sky Sports Cricket<\/em> ahead of the first ball at 3pm or follow text commentary and video clips in our live blog.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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A ruthless England thrashed Scotland by 10 wickets at the Women’s T20 World Cup to all but secure a semi-final place. Maia