Australia warmed up for the defence of its ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup crown with a 33-run victory over England.
Beth Mooney grabbed a half-century as Australia got here out on high in Dubai, signal because the staff seems to make it 4 consecutive titles on this event.
Having been put into bat, the Australians made 6-162 from their 20 overs with Beth Mooney giving them the proper begin. She wanted simply 30 balls to crack a half-century, serving to set the platform regardless of Alyssa Healy (12) and Ellyse Perry (7) not firing.
A partnership of fifty with Ashleigh Gardner (21) was damaged by Charlie Dean (1-16) however Tahlia McGrath (31) and Georgia Wareham (18 not out) each scored shortly to push Australia to a greater than aggressive complete.
Lauren Bell was the choose of the England bowlers, taking 2-29, together with Healy early.
England confirmed loads of intent in its chase, Maia Bouchier hitting a quickfire 17 earlier than she was the primary to depart, caught behind off Darcie Brown.
That introduced Alice Capsey to the crease, and he or she impressed on her solution to 40 from simply 34 balls.
She didn’t get an enormous quantity of assist nevertheless, with wickets falling at common intervals, McGrath grabbing three of them together with the all-important Nat Sciver-Brunt on her solution to figures of 3-18.
In different warm-up video games, solely three West Indies batters reached double figures because the staff went down by 20 runs to India, whereas New Zealand skittled South Africa for 92 earlier than profitable by eight wickets.
The event begins on Thursday when Scotland tackle Bangladesh. Australia’s opening match is in opposition to Sri Lanka in Sharjah on October 5.
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