In the match 16th of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2025
, England collapsed with the bat against Pakistan at the R Premadasa in Colombo. After losing the toss and being made to bat first on a pitch with a bit of assistance for the pacers, English batters struggled massively against the stump-to-stump bowling from Pakistan pacers Diana Baig and captain Fatima Sana, reducing them to 39/4 in just the seventh over of the innings.While Sana got three wickets in her opening spell, including big fish Amy Jones, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Heather Knight cheaply, her opening bowling partner Diana Baig cleaned up Tammy Beaumont to kick-start the opposition’s slide. Following that, left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal cleaned up Emma Lamb
before trapping Sophia Dunkley in front of the stumps after the initial decision went upstairs to third umpire as part of the DRS.
With that, England were reduced to 57/6 in just the 12th over before Alice Capsey was put down on eight by Muneeba Ali on the bowling of spinner Rameen Shamim, but she ultimately dismissed her lbw for a painstaking 16 off 43. When England had reached 79/7 in 25 overs against Pakistan, the rains in Colombo, which were looking ominous for quite some time, came around at the R Premadasa Stadium, causing an interruption.
Below are some of the fan reactions on X as England batting lineup collapsed to some incredible bowling from Pakistan:
Below are the playing XIs of Pakistan and England for their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 clash:
Pakistan: Omaima Sohail, Muneeba Ali, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Fatima Sana (c), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Linsey Smith, Em Arlott
