Women's World Championships: Spinners played an important role in the success of England, took so many wickets in 3 games

New -delhi, October 12 (IANS). The English team performs brilliantly in the Women’s World Championships 2025. England secured the first position in the scoring table by winning all three matches played so far. England’s spinning bowlers played an important role in their success. England played three games and won all the matches. Spinners took 24 wickets in all three games. This figure is shocking because the English team is not known for spin bowling. The World Cup is held in India and Sri Lanka. The pitch here is favorable for spinners, and England’s spinners utilize it brilliantly. England’s left arm spinner Sophie Eccleston is the top bowler of the tournament with 9 wickets in 3 games. At the same time, Linsey Smith, who turns the left arm, is in sixth place with 6 wickets in 3 games. Charlie Din is also in sixth place with 6 wickets in 3 games. In addition, England’s part -time spinners are also effective. England defeated Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the match played in R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo, on Saturday. Sri Lanka had a target of 254 runs to win. Sri Lanka team was all in 45.4 overs for 164 runs and lost the match with a large margin of 89 runs. For Sri Lanka, Hasini Perera scored 35 runs, Harshitha Samarawickkrama scored 33 runs and Nilakshika Silva scored 23 runs. Earlier, after losing and batting for the first time, England scored 253 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Nat Savior Brunt played a century of 117 runs in 117 balls using 9 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from the captain, Tammy Beaumount scored 32 runs on 29 balls, Heather Knight scored 29 runs at 47 balls, and Charlie Dean scored 19 runs at 36 balls. –Is Bag Share This Story Tags