Indian women win again
South Africa beat The Netherlands by four wickets and India beat England by eight runs, in the women's cricket World Cup on Monday.
It was the third successive victory for the Indians from as many matches and was built around a fine allround performance from Rupanjali Shashtri.
Batting first, India could muster only 155 runs
from their allotted 50 overs, with the help of good knocks from
Chandrakanta Kaul (45), Mithali Raj (32) and Rupanjali Shastri
(29). For England, S C Taylor and C J Connors accounted for
two wickets each.
The English team could not handle the accurate bowling of
Rupanajali, Deepa Kulakarni and Smitha Harikrishna and were
bundled out for 147 runs in 49.2 overs.
While Rupanjali was the main wrecker, capturing 3/25, Deepa
and Smitha accounted for two wickets each.
India and Australia are atop of the table, with six points each from three matches.
Scoreboard
India'
Anju Jain lbw b Pearson 0
Anjum Chopra b C E Taylor 0
Mithali Raj c Cassar b Connor 32
Chanderkanta Kaul c Cassar b Connor 45
Purnima Rao c Shaw b Holden 12
Hemlata Kala lbw b C E Taylor 2
Smitha Harikrishna not out 17
Deepa Kulkarni b Collyer 5
Rupanjali Shastri not out 29
Extras (lb-4, w-9) 13
Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) 155
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-6, 3-51, 4-89, 5-96, 6-97, 7-109.
Bowling: Pearson 10-3-29-1, CE Taylor 10-3-18-2, Collyer
10-0-54-1, Connor 10-2-25-2, Holden 10-1-25-1.
England:
CM Edwards lbw b Smitha 13
KM Leng c Kulkarni b Rupanjali 0
B Daniels lbw b Margrate 0
S C Taylor c & b Rupanjali 60
N Shaw c Kala b Smitha 0
J Cassar b Rupanjali 18
C J Connor b Kulkarni 23
S V Collyer not out 15
C E Taylor c Rupanjali b Kulkarni 5
D Holden run out 5
L C Pearson run out 0
Extras (lb-5, w-3) 8
Total (all out in 49.2 overs) 147
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-8, 3-33, 4-35, 5-78, 6-113,
7-119, 8-133, 9-145.
Bowling: Margrate 8.2-5-14-1, Rupanjali 10-3-25-3,
Kulkarni 9-1-22-2, Smitha 7-0-25-2, Purnima 5-0-21-0, David
10-1-35-0.
The Netherlands vs South Africa
The Netherlands 92 (37.1 overs, Levona Lewis 4-20), South Africa 93-6 (Daleen Terblanche not out 33).
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