HAMILTON: Australia underscored their standing because the staff to overcome within the Girls’s Global Cup when a Rachael Haynes century arrange a 12-run win over protecting champions England in Hamilton the day past. South Africa additionally made a successful begin to the match with a comfy 32-run victory over Bangladesh in Dunedin.
Haynes and Meg Lanning placed on 196 for the second one wicket as Australia reached an impressive 310 for 3 off their 50 overs. Nat Sciver, with an unbeaten 109 from simplest 85 deliveries, stored England in with a possibility however a goal of 36 off the general 3 overs proved an excessive amount of. Haynes stated it was once tricky to attain early within the innings and he or she was once now not anticipating Australia to achieve 300.
“First of all we had been considering 260-270 could be OK, however when we were given going we idea let’s simply try to pass as giant as we will be able to and to recover from than 300 mark was once somewhat necessary,” she stated. England captain Heather Knight took positives from the slim loss, seeing it as a step up from the hot Ashes sequence. “For us as a batting unit that’s an actual self assurance booster,” she stated. “It’s now not the tip of the arena. We misplaced the primary sport of the 2017 Global Cup.”
Knight received the toss and elected to bowl, casting off Alyssa Healy within the 9th over to have Australia one for 35 when Haynes and Lanning got here in combination. Haynes was once the ultimate wicket to fall along with her 130 coming off 131 deliveries whilst Lanning’s in moderation paced innings produced 86. After 25 overs Australia had been 102 for one with the second one part of the innings generating 208 runs. Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight placed on 91 for England’s 2nd wicket and after Knight’s dismissal for 40 Nat Sciver ruled the crease.
Australian leg-spinner Alana King, who earlier than the sport tweeted her disappointment on the loss of life of Shane Warne, took 3 wickets together with Beaumont for 74 earlier than Jess Jonassen’s miserly ultimate over took two wickets and ended England’s likelihood. In Dunedin, South Africa had a comfy 32-run victory over Bangladesh guided via tight spell of seam bowling via Ayabonga Khaka, who took 4 for 32. Whilst the margin was once decisive, it was once now not a resounding efficiency for South Africa who had been all out for 207 at the penultimate supply.
After a forged 41 from Laura Wolvaardt, the batting faltered to be 119 for 5 when Marizanne Kapp (42) and Chloe Tryon (39) placed on 71 at higher than a run-a-ball to raise the entire to 190 earlier than the ultimate 5 wickets fell for 17 runs. Sharmin Akhter and Shamima Sultana made a forged get started for Bangladesh to achieve 69 earlier than Sultana went for 27 and Akhter, who was once dropped two times early in her innings, was once got rid of quickly after for 34. Nigar Sultana (29) and Ritu Moni (27) placed on 53 for the 7th wicket however the required run price persevered to develop and Bangladesh had been all out for 175 within the ultimate over. – AFP