England romped to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Australia, riding on Natalie Sciver and Tamsin Beaumont’s blistering half-centuries to start their campaign in the Tri-Nation Women’s T20 series on a rousing note, here today.<\/p>\n
Opting to field after winning the toss, England restricted the Australians to 149 for eight at the Brabourne Stadium.<\/p>\n
Rachael Haynes top-scored for Australia with a 65 off 45 balls, knock that included eight boundaries and a six.<\/p>\n
For England, medium pacer Jenny Gunn and Sciver finished with three and two wickets, respectively.<\/p>\n
In reply, the English team chased down the target with as many as three overs to spare.<\/p>\n
The chase turned out to be a walk in the park as Sciver (68 not out off 43 balls) and Beaumont (58 not out off 44 balls) forged an unbeaten 116-run partnership for the third wicket in just 73 balls.<\/p>\n
Beaumonth and Sciver, who play in the Women’s Big Bash League, took a listless Australian bowling to task as they overhauled the target with plenty to spare.<\/p>\n
In the process, they steered the team out of trouble from 34 for two.<\/p>\n
The carnage began in the sixth over with the right-handed Beaumont hammering four consecutive boundaries off Megan Schutt, as England raced to 51.<\/p>\n
Sciver too joined the party as she hit two sixes in the eight over and followed it up with three fours in the 10th.<\/p>\n
Australia tried as many as seven bowlers, but nothing stopped the brutal assault of Beaumont and Sciver and the sloppy fielding by the Aussies only aided them.<\/p>\n
While Beaumont struck eight boundaries, Sciver hit 10 fours and two sixes in their respective knocks.<\/p>\n
Earlier, a brisk 65 off 45 balls from skipper Haynes steered the Australia women to a decent total. England bowlers put a disciplined performance as they took Australian wickets at regular intervals and never allowed their batswomen to settle down.<\/p>\n
Haynes posted her highest individual T20 score, as she hammered the English bowlers around the park, but she failed to find support at the other end.<\/p>\n
Australian openers – Alyssa Healy (31 off 23 balls) and Beth Mooney (4) – had put on 26 runs before debutant Katie George affected a smart run-out off her own bowling to dismiss Mooney in the fourth over.<\/p>\n
It was Healy, who gave the much-needed momentum, as she hit two fours and two sixes in the first six overs.<\/p>\n
After Mooney failed, Ashleigh Gardner (28 off 16 balls) played her role to perfection as Australia managed 49 runs in the powerplay period.<\/p>\n
The eighth over bowled by Sciver was a dramatic one that saw two wickets and two sixes.<\/p>\n
On the first ball, Healy was brilliantly caught at deep square-leg by Danielle Wyatt. Then Gardner struck two massive sixes, but on the last ball, Sciver dismissed the batter to leave Australia tottering at 66 for three.<\/p>\n
Australia were poised for a big score as they had amassed 79 runs in the first 10 overs, but then apart from Haynes, no other batter contributed.<\/p>\n
Elyse Villani (4), Ellyse Perry (2), Sopihe Molineux (6), Delissa Kimmince (1) failed to support their skipper.<\/p>\n
This was Australia’s first loss in the tournament after they had convincingly defeated hosts India by six wickets yesterday.<\/p>\n
Brief Scores: Australia Women (149\/8 Rachael Haynes 65, Alyssa Healy 31; Jenny Gunn 3-26 ) in 20 overs lost to England Women (150\/2) Natalie Sciver 68 not out, Tamsin Beaumont 58 not out; D Kimmince 1-12) in 17 overs by eight wickets.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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