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Freya Kemp hauled England to 200, the second time they have reached the milestone in the tournament - George Wood/ECB via Getty Images
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Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson delivered a power-hitting masterclass as England maintained their perfect start to the Women’s T20 World Cup with a 38-run win over Scotland.
In 18 balls, Kemp and Gibson put on an impressive 59 runs, taking England from 141 for five to 200 – the second time they have reached that figure in the tournament so far.
Sophie Ecclestone also became the first England bowler to take 150 wickets in women’s T20 internationals, when Kathryn Bryce mistimed a sweep shot and was bowled with her side slipping to 53 for two.
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Sophie Ecclestone celebrates the dismissal of Kathryn Bryce, her 150th wicket in T20 internationals - Alex Davidson/ICC via Getty Images
It was only Scotland’s opening partnership of 38 from 3.4 overs that put England under pressure and, once the wickets started falling, England took control of the game and never let that slip.
In front of 11,419, a record for women’s cricket at Headingley, England were able to restrict Scotland to 162 in their chase.
More to follow...
09:54pm
Reaction from the two captains
Charlie Dean
Kathryn Bryce
09:48pm
Dani Gibson talks to Sky Sports
09:40pm
The player of the match is Sophia Dunkley (57 from 37 balls)
09:36pm
England win by 38 runs
OVER 20: SCO 162/7 (Gordon 23) A comfortable win for England in the end, though there were some very uncomfortable moments at the start of each innings. The biggest positive were Sophia Dunkley’s 57, in which she was dropped three times but played some spectacular strokes, and a masterclass in death hitting from Freya Kemp and Dano Gibson. They added 61 in 3.3 overs, and no that’s not a misprint.
09:35pmWickets
Wicket!
Sproul run out 27 Pippa Sproul is run out off the last ball of the match, and that’s the end of that. FOW: 162/7
09:31pm
OVER 19: SCO 153/6 (Sproul 22 Gordon 21)
Ecclestone’s last over goes for 12, with a boundary apiece for Sproul and Gordon. There’s a lot to like about this fast-improving Scotland team. Were it not for an unusually poor fielding performance and that stunning partnership between Kemp and Gibson, they would be right in this game.
Woulda coulda etc: they need 48 off the last over.
09:28pm
OVER 18: SCO 141/6 (Sproul 16 Gordon 15)
Kirstie Gordon chips her former university housemate Linsey Smith* over midwicket for four. That’s a cracking shot. She smashes the next ball back at Smith, who drops a tough chance as she dives to her right. Smith ends with figures of 4-0-37-1.
* This nugget comes from the excellent Tash Farrant on Sky Sports
09:23pm
OVER 17: SCO 132/6 (Sproul 14 Gordon 8)
Dean is worked behind square for two boundaries in three balls. She finishes with fairly expensive figures of 4-0-38-1, but that wicket was crucial after a flying start from Scotland.
09:21pm
OVER 16: SCO 121/6 (Sproul 8 Gordon 3)
England’s final group games are against West Indies on Wednesday and New Zealand on Sunday. I’m not 100% sure but I think one victory will guarantee a semi-final place. England’s superb net run-rate means they theoretically lose both and still qualify,
09:18pm
OVER 15: SCO 117/6 (Sproul 6 Gordon 1)
What a vital player Kemp has become for England, and how lovely it is to see after all that injury misery. And she’s still only 21.
09:17pmWickets
Wicket!
Chatterji c & b Kemp 5 Chatterji offers a simple return catch to Kemp, who has now played a part in all three facets: 39 from 16 balls, a timely catch and now a wicket. FOW: 111/6
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England celebrate after Freya Kemp takes the wicket of Priyanaz Chatterji - Alex Davidson/ICC
09:14pm
OVER 14: SCO 112/5 (Chatterji 5 Sproul 3)
No way back now for Scotland.
09:09pmWickets
Wicket!
S Bryce c Gibson b Smith 34 Bryce’s eye-catching cameo ends when she heaves Smith towards cow corner and is taken by Gibson. She judged that catch really well, especially as the earlier drop(s) must have been in her mind. England are heading for their third win in as many games. FOW: 109/5
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England celebrate the wicket of Sarah Bryce - Nigel French/PA
09:06pm
OVER 13: SCO 107/4 (S Bryce 33 Chatterji 4)
Sarah Bryce cuts Lauren Bell miles over backward point for six. That’s one of the shots of the match, maybe the entire World Cup, and even Bell was moved to smile as he walked back to her mark.
Ten from the over. The required rate is 13.42.
09:03pm
OVER 12: SCO 97/4 (S Bryce 25 Chatterji 2)
Sarah Bryce has 25 from 18 balls. Scotland’s hopes of a miracle are in her hands.
08:59pmWickets
Wicket!
McColl c Kemp b Gibson 10 Dani Gibson and Freya Kemp team up again, this time as bowler and fielder. Megan McColl swung Gibson straight to deep square leg, where Kemp steadied herself to take a comfortable catch. FOW: 92/4
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Dani Gibson celebrates - Ashley Allen/Getty Images Europe
08:58pm
OVER 11: SCO 88/3 (S Bryce 22 McColl 6)
Sarah Bryce helps herself to three boundaries in an unusually poor over from Charlie Dean.
England are huge favourites but Scotland aren’t far behind on the comparison. After 11 overs, England were 96/3.
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Charlie Dean in action. - Ashley Allen/Getty Images Europe
08:55pm
Sizeable crowd at Headingley
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There are 11,419 people at Headingley, more than there were in Southampton earlier in the week, but less than the tournament opener.
08:54pm
OVER 10: SCO 73/3 (S Bryce 9 McColl 5)
Sarah Bryce top-edges Kemp back over the bowler’s head. Ecclestone runs round from mid-off, apparently set to take a comfortable catch, but then seems to pull out at the last minute. I’m not sure if she lost it in the sun.
Either way, Bryce survives and Scotland need 128 from 60 balls. With that, good luck.
08:50pm
OVER 9: SCO 65/3 (S Bryce 6 McColl 0)
Scotland belted six fours and two sixes in the first five overs. In the last four, they haven’t managed a boundary.
08:49pmWickets
Wicket!
Carter b Ecclestone 29 Another gorgeous piece of bowling. Carter threw everything into a slog-sweep, same as Bryce, but was done in the flight and the ball zipped on to hit leg stump. FOW: 64/3
08:47pm
OVER 8: SCO 60/2 (Carter 27 S Bryce 2)
Dani Gibson turns the screw with another boundaryless over. She also dropped Carter off her own bowling, though it was an extremely tough chance as she reached to her left.
08:43pm
OVER 7: SCO 55/2 (Carter 24 S Bryce 2)
The required rate can go up pretty quickly when you’re chasing 200 in a T20 match. It’s now 11.23 per over.
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Sophie Ecclestone celebrates. - Nigel French/PA
08:42pmWickets
Wicket!
K Bryce b Ecclestone 6 Delicious bowling from Sophie Ecclestone, pure class. Kathryn Bryce tried to sweep, was beaten in the flight and bowled all ends up. It’s a landmark wicket for Ecclestone, who becomes the first England Women’s bowler to pick up 150 in T20 internationals. FOW: 53/2
08:36pm
OVER 6: SCO 52/1 (Carter 30 K Bryce 6)
Another good over Dean yields only five singles for Scotland.
08:36pm
OVER 5: SCO 47/1 (Carter 20 K Bryce 4)
Scotland could easily have been demoralised by that Kemp/Gibson partnership but they have started brilliantly with the bat.
Carter blasts Smith through the covers for four, a brilliant shot, to keep them up - or at least very close - to the required rate.
08:30pm
OVER 4: SCO 39/1 (Carter 15 K Bryce 1)
It’s captain vs captain, if only for one ball in the over. Kathryn Bryce clips a single to get off the mark.
08:29pmWickets
Wicket!
Fraser b Dean 23 Charlie Dean strikes in her first over. I feel like I type that sentence quite a lot. She’s captain tonight, so the wicket has extra value because England were going round the park a bit. The dangerous Fraser missed a sweep and was bowled to end a nice cameo of 23 from 13 balls. FOW: 38/1
08:26pm
OVER 3: SCO 32/0 (Carter 15 Fraser 17)
Once again a largely excellent over from Bell goes awry at the death. Not as bad this time, with just a chip down the ground for four from Fraser. Too many F-words in that sentence, I agree.
08:23pm
OVER 2: SCO 26/0 (Carter 10 Fraser 16)
Fraser again hits the last ball of the over for six, this time with a classy chip down the ground off Linsey Smith. Darcey Carter hits two fours earlier in the over as well. Scotland are off to a flyer.
08:21pm
OVER 1: SCO 11/0 (Carter 1 Fraser 10)
Scotland need 10 an over right from the start. They manage 11 in the first over, though the numbers don’t tell the full story.
Lauren Bell started excellently, conceding only one run from the first four balls. Then Dani Gibson of all people dropped an awkward catch over her shoulder, punching the ball to the boundary in the process.
Katherine Fraser took advantage of the reprieve to thump a terrific six over wide mid-on.
08:17pm
Scotland need 201 to win
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The last three overs were the perfect display of power hitting from those who have been brought into the side to do just that.
Kemp and Gibson both struck at a strike rate of over 240 as England reached 200, having been 141 for five after the 17th.
The left-hand right hand combination allowed them to target all areas of the field and it has put England in control of this match.
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Dani Gibson hits out. - Ashley Allen/Getty Images Europe
08:01pm
OVER 20: ENG 200/5 (Kemp 39 Gibson 30)
Priyanaz Chatterji has drawn the short straw and will bowl the last over. Kemp drags four behind square on the leg side to bring up a spectacular fifty partnership in 18 balls. Gibson then hits the last two balls of the innings ot the fence.
So much for England wanting 170 - they’ve reached 200 for the second time in the tournament.
Kemp ends on 39 not out from 16 balls; Gibson made 30 not out from 11. It was fabulous entertainment from two young cricketers having the time of their lives.
07:55pm
OVER 19: ENG 182/5 (Kemp 34 Gibson 17)
So this is why Charlotte Edwards was so desperate to have Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson in her team. They have taken Scotland apart in the last few minutes. Gordon hits 16 from Gordon’s first three deliveries, including a meaty six down the ground, before Kemp hammers a one-bounce four to wide long-on.
Twenty-one from the over.
07:52pm
OVER 18: ENG 161/5 (Kemp 28 Gibson 2)
Kemp plays the shot of the match so far, a drive over long-on for six off Kathryn Bryce. Somehow that stroke was both graceful and brutal. She is such a dangerous hitter at the death, particularly on the leg side, and gets four more by dismissing a full toss through midwicket.
Oh dear me, this is sensational batting. The last ball of Bryce’s over is a slower one that Kemp picks and launches into outer space. Six more, and 20 runs from the over. I think England will get 170 now.
07:48pm
OVER 17: ENG 141/5 (Kemp 9 Gibson 1)
Dani Gibson comes to the crease. England would like at least 170 because this looks an excellent pitch.
07:45pmWickets
Wicket!
Knight c Gordon b Chatterji 25 Knight is no longer having fun. She sweeps Chatterji fiercely round the corner and is smartly, almost nonchalantly, caught above her head by Kirstie Gordon. FOW: 139/5
07:44pm
OVER 16: ENG 136/4 (Knight 23 Kemp 8)
Rainey charges in to Knight, who premeditates a marvellous pull-sweep over short fine leg for four. She looks like she’s having so much fun at the crease just now. Something changed in that partnership with Alice Capsey against India.
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Heather Knight hits out - Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via Reuters
07:41pm
OVER 15: ENG 130/4 (Knight 18 Kemp 7)
Kemp pummels Fraser to long-on for four, Knight sweeps her second boundary and then gets a third thanks to yet another misfield. Scotland have done a lot of good things in the field tonight, but the bad things - mainly misfields - are outweighing them.
07:33pm
OVER 14: ENG 115/4 (Knight 9 Kemp 1)
That was a cracking innings of 40 from 25 balls from Capsey.
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Scotland celebrate the wicket of Alice Capsey - Nigel French/PA
07:30pm
Wicket!
Capsey b Rainey 40 Alice Capsey is bowled by a jaffa from Hannah Rainey, who is playing her first gae of the tournament. It was full and snapped away off the seam peg back the off stump. Beautifully bowled. FOW: 110/4
07:27pm
OVER 13: ENG 110/3 (Capsey 40 Knight 5)
Gordon continues to bowl beautifully against her former country. Four singles from her third over, which means her figures are now 3-0-9-2. The other bowlers have conceded exactly 100 from 10 overs between them.
07:24pm
OVER 12: ENG 106/3 (Capsey 38 Knight 3)
Another misfield, this time by Fontenla, gives Capsey a boundary off the bowling of Rainey. Scotland are having a really tough time in the field, although in their defence England do put the boundary riders under a lot of pressure.
07:19pm
OVER 11: ENG 96/3 (Capsey 29 Knight 2)
Heather Knight is the new batter.
07:18pmWickets
Wicket!
Dunkley c Rainey b K Bryce 57 Fourth time lucky for Scotland. Dunkley top-edges a sweep off Kathryn Bryce towards long leg, where Hannah Rainey takes a well-judged catch. Dunkley will feel a whole lot better about life after a fun innings: 57 from 37 balls with eight fours and six. FOW: 92/3
07:15pm
OVER 10: ENG 91/2 (Dunkley 57 Capsey 26)
Capsey sweeps and cuts Fraser for back-to-back boundaries. She’s batting with such authority and has reaced to 26 from 12 balls.
Dunkley adds four more with a crisp cut stroke. England have scored 27 off the last two overs.
07:12pm
OVER 9: ENG 76/2 (Dunkley 52 Capsey 16)
A single off Chatterji takes Dunkley to a white-knuckle fifty from 33 balls. She was dropped three times, but the first two were extremely tough and she has played some blistering strokes.
At the other end, Capsey is off to a flyer and has just hit back-to-back boundaries. The first was a thumping back cut, the second a clip to midwicket that produced another costly misfield. Scotland are almost trying too hard in the field.
07:09pm
Dunkley rides her luck
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Sophia Dunkley has been recalled to the starting XI in the absence of Nat Sciver-Brunt through injury.
She started well, but has survived only just after being dropped on 43 and 45. The first one would have been a stunning grab, but the second Scotland will think they should have taken.
07:07pm
OVER 8: ENG 64/2 (Dunkley 49 Capsey 8)
A misfield from Chatterji at fine leg gives Capsey her first boundary. Scotland’s fielding, one of their strengths, is starting to fray under pressure.
07:02pm
OVER 7: ENG 55/2 (Dunkley 46 Capsey 1)
Dunkley is dropped twice in two balls! What an opportunity for Scotland. First she slog-swept towards deep midwicket and was put down by Fraser, a really difficult chance. Then Dunkley miscued towards point and was dropped by McColl. That one should have been taken.
Kirstie Gordon has figures of 2-0-5-2, and they should be even better!
07:00pmWickets
Wicket!
Wyatt-Hodge c K Bryce b Gordon 7 Kirstie Gordon, who struck with the first ball of the powerplay, has done so again with the first ball after the powerplay. Wyatt-Hodge had to reach to pull the ball into the leg side, which meant she miscued it towards mid-on. Kathryn Bryce ran round and stretched to take a fine two-handed catch. FOW: 51/2
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge is dismissed - Nigel French/PA
06:56pm
OVER 6: ENG 51/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 7 Dunkley 43)
Dunkley greets the off-spinner Katherine Fraser with a deliberate slice over the off side for four. All Dunkley’s recent struggles seemed to up in smoke with that dropped catch. She’s playing spectacularly and hits back-to-back boundaries to end the over. That makes it 38 from her last 14 balls.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge, usually England’s powerplay aggressor, faced only 10 balls in those first six overs.
06:53pm
OVER 5: ENG 37/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 6 Dunkley 30)
Dunkley gets four more with a cracking pull off Bryce. England have recovered from that false start, and since being dropped Dunkley has hit 25 in nine balls.
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Sophia Dunkley hits out. - Alex Davidson/ICC
06:50pm
OVER 4: ENG 28/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 3 Dunkley 24)
That dropped catch has liberated Dunkley, who smashes Fontenla for three boundaries in four balls. England could have been 6/2; eight balls later they’re 28/1.
06:48pm
An obvious mismatch... in the size of the flags
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As the flags were pulled out for the anthems and pre-match pomp with its cursory fireworks, it was impossible to avoid noticing that Scotland’s flag was quite a bit bigger than England’s.
06:45pm
OVER 3: ENG 12/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 2 Dunkley 11)
The captain Kathryn Bryce brings herself on and almost strikes when Dunkley is dropped at short fine leg.It feels unfair to call it a dropped catch because it would have been amazing one-handed catch by Priyanaz Chatterji.
Dunkley takes advantage of the reprieve to launch a pressure-relieving six over midwicket.
06:41pm
OVER 2: ENG 5/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 1 Dunkley 4)
The right-arm swing bowler Gabriella Fontenla shares the new ball. She starts accurately, on and around off stump, and Dunkley misses a nervous swipe across the line.
Just four runs from the over, most of which was faced by an understandably nervous Dunkley.
06:37pm
OVER 1: ENG 1/1 (Wyatt-Hodge 0 Dunkley 1)
Lest we forget, Kirstie Gordon played a Test and five T20s for England in 2018 and 2019. What a start!
06:35pmWickets
Wicket!
Jones c McColl b Gordon 0 Amy Jones has gone to the first ball of the match! She chipped the left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon straight to cover, where Megan McColl took a good low. Goodness me. Good thing England picked three openers, eh. FOW: 0/1
06:30pm
Group B table
This is the state of play in Group B, with the top two going through to the semi-finals.
- England P2 Pts4 NRR 2.763
- West Indies P2 Pts 4 NRR 0.233
- Scotland P2 Pts2 NRR 0.825
- New Zealand P3 Pts2 NRR -0.063
- Sri Lanka P2 Pts2 NRR -2.040
- Ireland P3 Pts0 NRR -1.054
06:13pm
An unexpected chance for Dunkley
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Scotland winning the toss and choosing to bowl forces England to bat, but they have also been forced into making an unintended change to their squad.
Nat Sciver-Brunt will miss this game and the one against the West Indies as a precaution after retiring when she felt her left calf against Ireland on Tuesday. It was the same calf injury that forced her to miss both pre-tournament series against India and New Zealand.
In her place comes Sophia Dunkley who will bat three. She had started as the preferred option at the top of the order but after struggling for runs against New Zealand and India, Amy Jones was promoted up the order.
06:07pm
Team news
Sophia Dunkley replaces Nat Sciver-Brunt at No3 in the England side. Scotland make two changes from that thriller against West Indies.
Pippa Sproul and Hannah Rainey come in for Ailsa Lister and Rachel Slater, who are managing injuries.
England Jones (wk), Wyatt-Hodge, Dunkley, Capsey, Knight, Kemp, Gibson, Dean (c), Ecclestone, Smith, Bell.
Scotland Carter, Fraser, K Bryce (c), S Bryce (wk), McColl, Chatterji, Sproul, Gordon, Abel, Rainey, Fontenla
06:06pm
Scotland win the toss and bowl
The staind-in captain Charlie Dean says England would have batted on a “belting pitch”.
06:02pm
England hit the north
By Sonia Twigg at Headingley
The sun is shining at Headingley and it is warm and pleasant as the fans make their way to the stadium.
This is England’s only game of the T20 World Cup in the north, and there are already a far few Scotland fans around as well.
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The scene at Headingley. - Nigel French/PA
05:50pm
Good evening
Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s live, over-by-over coverage of England’s T20 World Cup match against Scotland at Headingley. England are 1/20 favourites in some quarters, which means they’re expected to win this game 19 times out of 20 times.
It’s that 20th game – and the damage a shock defeat might do to England’s World Cup campaign – that should take care of any potential complacency.
If anything, those odds are a bit generous to England. Scotland beat Ireland in their first game and gave West Indies – who put England out of the last T20 World Cup – a major score in a seven-run defeat. England are also without their captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, who will miss at least two games with a calf injury. In her absence England will be captained by Charlie Dean, a hugely impressive figure who has become a senior player at the age of 25.
“Charlie’s obviously captained recently,” said her fellow spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who needs one wicket to become the first England Women’s player to reach 150 in T20 internationals. “It’s been really cool to play with her for a bit and it’s quite nice for her to not come in blindsided now. She’s been captain for a few games of England now, so it’d just be like a duck to water again, I reckon.
“It’s pretty weird not to have Nat in a World Cup game, but Charlie’s been amazing... she’s been such a great captain, everyone feels so calm under Charlie and I feel like we’ve actually not even spoken about it recently. It’s just the norm that if Nat’s not fit, then Charlie’s captain and that’s fine.”
There’s jeopardy in this game, but let’s not get carried away. All things being equal, England will make it three wins out of three in Group B. The forecast is good at Headingley, so the match should begin at 6.30pm.
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