SHARJAH: Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Maia Bouchier scored dominant half-centuries to power England to a thumping ten-wicket victory over Scotland in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

With this victory, England jumped to the top of Group B, having won all three of their matches in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 so far.

Chasing a 110-run target, England took only 10 overs to finish the game with Bouchier hitting the winning boundary.

Bouchier set the tone for the chase with three boundaries off the first three balls of the innings. Danni Wyatt-Hodge also joined the party in the fourth over, hitting tree boundaries against Olivia Bell.

Both batters continued their dominant batting display, striking regular boundaries to achieve the target in ten overs.

Maia Bouchier scored an unbeaten 62 runs from 34 balls, which featured 12 boundaries, while Danni Wyatt-Hodge struck 51 off 26 with seven boundaries.

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Scotland opted to bat first after winning the toss and got off to a cautious start as they managed 38 runs in eight overs before Nat Sciver-Brunt broke the opening stand.

Saskia Horley went back to the pavilion after scoring a mere 13 runs from 23 balls. Meanwhile, Sarah Bryce scored 27 off 31 before falling prey to Sophie Ecclestone.

Kathryn Bryce held on to one end for Scotland, but could not find enough support from the other end. She top-scored with 33 runs from 28 balls with the help of four boundaries.

Charlie Dean castled Bryce on the last ball of the 17th over to leave Scotland reeling at 89-5.

Megan McColl and Katherine Fraser scored unbeaten 10 and 6 to push the team’s total to 109-6 in their allocated 20 overs.

Sophie Ecclestone led England’s bowling attack with two wickets, while Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell, Charlie Dean and Danielle Gibson bagged one scalp each.

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