England’s Heather Knight shakes palms with Bangladesh gamers after successful the sport on October 7, 2025. — ReutersÂ
GUWAHATI: Heather Knight’s 79-run knock guided England to a hard-fought four-wicket win over Bangladesh of their ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025 conflict at Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Chasing a modest 179-run goal, the previous champions had been made to do arduous yards to safe the victory as they amassed the full with 23 balls to spare, whereas dropping six wickets within the course of.
Knight, who walked out to bat at first of the second over with the scoreboard studying 1/6, oversaw England’s pursuit with a valiant innings.
She was concerned in essential partnerships with skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt (32) and Alice Capsey (20), however the all-rounder’s dismissal within the thirtieth over had nonetheless decreased England to 103/6.
The best-handed batter finally discovered a delicate assist on the different finish within the type of Charlie Dean, and the duo led England to a tense victory by placing collectively an unbeaten 79-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
Knight top-scored for England with an unbeaten 79 off 111 deliveries, studded with eight fours and a six, whereas Dean contributed with 27 not out from 56 balls.
Fahima Khatun was the standout bowler for Bangladesh, returning sensational bowling figures of three/16 in her 10 overs, adopted by Marufa Akter with two, whereas Sanjida Akter Meghla made one scalp.
Put into bat first, Bangladesh’s batting unit may yield a meagre 178 runs earlier than being bowled out in 49.4 overs.
Center-order batter Sobhana Mostary remained the top-scorer with a cautious 60 off 108 deliveries, laced with eight boundaries, whereas Rabeya Khan made an important contribution on the backend with an unbeaten 43 off simply 27 deliveries, comprising six fours and a six.
In addition to them, solely Sharmin Akhter (30) and Shorna Akter (10) may amass double figures, whereas the remainder of the Bangladesh batters faltered in opposition to a Sophie Ecclestone-led England’s bowling assault.
Ecclestone picked up three wickets for simply 24 runs in her 10 overs, adopted by Linsey Smith, Dean and Capsey with two every, whereas Lauren Bell chipped in with one.
The four-wicket victory lifted England to the highest of the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup standings as a result of a superior web run charge to India, as each groups have 4 factors after their respective two matches.
