'Freak' shatters records in 'brutal' onslaught

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England made past arsenic the archetypal squad to people 200 astatine the Women's T20 World Cup helped by a blistering 81 not retired disconnected 40 balls from Nat Sciver-Brunt.

Her onslaught successful England's last radical crippled against Pakistan, combined with 59 disconnected 33 from opener Danni Wyatt and 47 disconnected 31 from Amy Jones, acceptable up a people of 5-213 astatine Newlands successful Cape Town.

England won by 114 runs, different grounds for the T20 World Cup, arsenic Pakistan laboured to 9-99 successful its 20 overs.

Apart from giving England a large assurance boost, the immense triumph ensured it qualified apical of Group 2 with 4 wins from 4 and avoided defending champion and top-ranked Australia successful the semifinals.

England had already qualified for the semis but volition present play South Africa connected Saturday aft the big kept its nervus to bushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets and marque definite it is portion of the past four. South Africa would person been retired with a loss.

Australia faces India successful the archetypal semifinal connected Friday. Both the semis are astatine Newlands, arsenic is the World Cup last connected Sunday.

Sciver-Brunt collected 12 fours and a six successful her innings, propelling England to the champion batting show astatine a T20 World Cup and overtaking South Africa's 3-195 against Thailand astatine the 2020 tournament.

Pakistan was nary match, with No.9 Tuba Hassan top-scoring with 28. By the clip she came to the crease, Pakistan was 7-54 successful the 13th implicit and retired of it.

South Africa had won 9 of its 10 erstwhile meetings with Bangladesh but was burdened by the unit of perchance going retired aboriginal successful its location tourney having already amazingly mislaid the opening crippled to Sri Lanka.

The South Africans managed to grip that unit and enactment themselves successful power with a choky bowling show that kept Bangladesh to 6-113 successful its 20 overs.

Opening batters Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits took South Africa sailing location with an opening concern of 117 successful 17.5 overs.

Wolvaardt finished 66 not retired and ended the crippled by driving back-to-back fours done the off-side. Brits was 50 not out.

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