England suffer fifth straight ODI loss with thrilling seven-run loss to West Indies in Dunedin; Tammy Beaumont gets the highest scores with 46 but they fall short in their pursuit of 226 even though Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets in one and scored 33
England suffered their second straight loss at the ICC Cricket Women’s World Cup after losing to the West Indies by seven runs in a Dunedin thriller.
Defending champions England looked set to hit their win target of 226 after Kate Cross and Sophie Ecclestone put up a ninth wicket position from 61, only for Cross to run out.
With nine races remaining to win, Anya Shrubsole was bowled out by Anisa Mohammed to give the West Indies a famous win.
England have now lost consecutive matches following their 12-run loss at the hands of Australia in their opening match of the tournament, leaving their defense of the trophy they won in 2017 hanging in the balance with a great game against South Africa. coming up next monday – live sky sports.
England captain Heather Knight lamented the lack of late runs for her loss, as well as the missed catches, five in all.
“They hit outstandingly early on in good ground. But we came back brilliantly, Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross were outstanding in that in-between period,” he said. sky sports.
“We felt we were in a good position but the last six or seven overs were too many today.
“The fielding performance wasn’t ours. We’re not overly concerned, it’s a little frustrating, but there are a lot of things we could have done differently there. We have to be better as a fielding group.”
“It was a good wicket, but halfway through we thought they had a sub-par score. We made some good associations, but the wicket groups cost us.
“I want the girls to keep that attack mentality, but we just need to be more clinical with the execution.
“Sophie has worked really hard on her hitting, she’s a decent hitter and she put us in a really good position with Kate Cross.”
The West Indies, who shocked hosts New Zealand in their opening match, put themselves in a strong position to reach the semi-finals after Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin were at the center of the action.
Matthews had 45 and Dottin 31 in an 81-run opening partnership that put the West Indies on course for 225-6 when they batted first to win the toss.
The Islanders used eight pitchers to hold off England after a one-handed catch by Dottin on the pitch from Shamilia Connell (3-38) had eliminated Lauren Winfield-Hill by 12 to give them their first lead.
Matthews then took 2–40 and despite Ecclestone’s 33 not going out, England were eliminated by 218 in 47.4 overs, coming up short in a run chase for the second successive match.
“This is not something I like. It’s a little stressful for me,” Windies captain Stafanie Taylor said. “But it’s nice that we got off the good side.
“For us, we do our best every time we go out to play. We try to do our best game and that’s what the coaches tell us.”
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