England will safe a spot within the Phrase Cup semi-finals in the event that they beat Bangladesh this weekend (9:30pm, Saturday, Sky Sports activities World Cup and Sky Cricket YouTube).
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Susie Bates celebrates her fantastic century
Suzie Bates produced the twelfth century within the ODI and have become the fourth participant to achieve 5,000 factors in form as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 71 factors in what is probably going their final Ladies’s World Cup match.
The 34-year-old fired 126 of 135 earlier than Katie Martin contributed 30 balls from 26 in seventh to carry the hosts to 265-8.
Hannah Roe adopted up with numbers 5-55 with the ball, together with the wicket for half Centurion Nida Dar, to assist hand Pakistan 194-9 on the finish of the fiftieth allotted, and her efforts specifically led to a crash from 155-3 to 174-9.
Nonetheless, the result’s unlikely to be sufficient to see New Zealand within the semi-finals because it now counts on Bangladesh beating England and South Africa over India by margins that may alter internet run charges drastically.
Taking part in in her 142nd Worldwide for a day, Bates turned the primary Kiwi to cross the 5,000-point mark in addition to the primary cricketer to attain centuries in 4 consecutive World Cup tournaments.
“I had no concept what the 5,000 level mark was,” Bates advised Sky Sports activities. “I do not observe stats and the main focus was on getting end result.”
“But it surely’s particular and I will in all probability give it some thought tonight, and I am positive there are some very huge names within the 5000 membership. It does not imply a lot in the intervening time, however it would occur quite a bit over time.
“It was a troublesome match for me and the staff. Daily you wish to come and play your half with the staff but it surely did not work out on this match.
“So it is good to attain some kicks after speaking internally and with associates about how particular taking part in for New Zealand is.”
Opener Bates misplaced 4 companions, together with captain Sophie Devine for 12 and Amy Satterthwaite for a duck, earlier than being finally thrown by Nashra Sandhu after inserting a 68 with Amelia Kerr within the second wicket.
Maddy Inexperienced scored 23 factors and Brooke Hallyday produced a 29-stroke earlier than Jess Kerr (six) and Roy (one) closed out the New Zealand innings.
She led Dar Pakistan with numbers 3-39, and was her staff’s finest hope after firing 50 bats earlier than Roe tossed her.
Watch England’s match with Bangladesh, at Basin Reserve in Wellington, reside on Sky Sports activities World Cup (Channel 404) and Sky Sports activities Cricket on YouTube from 9:30pm on Saturday.
