Sophie Ecclestone may develop into the quickest lady to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket when England tackle Pakistan on Sunday, stay Sky Sports activities.
Ecclestone presently has 98 scalps after ending with 3-26 in England’s first ODI win over Pakistan. Within the subsequent match, she wants two wickets to interrupt the file set by the good Australian Kathryn Fitzpatrick in 64 video games.
Australian all-rounder Megan Schutt (66 matches) and high left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen (67) are actually second and third.
Reflecting on England’s 37-run win over Pakistan in Derby, man of the match Ecclestone stated: “I feel we received away with just a few balls, it was very chilly however it’s nice to get three wickets and win in the long run.
“I am simply making an attempt to hit my finest ball longer. Typically I’m going wicket searching however I’ve to remind myself to maintain my finest ball in play and use the ball when wanted.
“I feel we did not get sufficient runs, we must always have scored just a few extra, however I feel we got here out and we wished to take wickets and hold the depth excessive and that is what we did.”
England accomplished a “slender” win over Pakistan within the first ODI as Alice Capsey (44) top-scored whereas Charlie Dean (2-39), Lauren Bell (2-42) and Kate Cross (2-46) scored from two wickets every.
Needa Dara’s facet pissed off the England gamers to demise with a semi-threatening partnership that noticed Pakistan endure their narrowest defeat in opposition to the hosts in an ODI match.
Pakistan are presently fifth within the ICC Girls’s Championship standings with 16 factors, and the highest six groups together with hosts India will mechanically qualify for the 2025 50-man World Cup.
That is the final alternative for the Nida facet to select up factors, whereas England have two sequence in hand. They may face Eire in a three-match ODI sequence in September earlier than taking over South Africa in December in the identical format.
“It was a poor efficiency, we are able to do lots higher, too many extras, however on the finish of the day we received the job finished,” England captain Heather Knight stated.
“There have been plenty of issues we may have put so as. I’ve talked lots about discovering tempo in ODI cricket, and the extra we do issues for longer, the higher we’ll be.
“There have been plenty of stop-starts, however you wished one hitter to dominate and we needed to be lots neater within the subject.”
Earlier this month, England accomplished a T20 sequence in opposition to the vacationers, the place Ecclestone turned the nation’s main wicket-taker within the shortest format, taking 5 wickets in three video games.
The 25-year-old has 118 wickets in T20 cricket and has overtaken Catherine Syver-Brant to develop into England’s high wicket-taker.
With the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh simply 5 months away, her wicket-taking capability and expertise within the Girls’s Premier League within the subcontinent will assist her in choice.
Earlier than the subsequent FIFA World Cup in India, England will play three ODIs and a T20I as a part of the multi-format Ashes in January, so their preparation for matches in opposition to Pakistan and New Zealand this summer time shall be essential.
Watch the second ODI between England and Pakistan from Taunton stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket on Sunday from 10.30am (first ball 11am). Additionally stream from NOW.
England vs Pakistan ODI Collection Match Schedule Stay on Sky Sports activities
Could 23: First Girls’s One Day Worldwide – England win by 37 runs
Could 26: Second Girls’s One Day Worldwide – Taunton, 11am
Could 29: Third Girls’s One Day Worldwide – Chelmsford, 1pm
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