In turn, the England batters hardly broke sweat as they achieved the victory target in 23.1 overs with the captain herself, Charlotte Edwards, hitting the winning boundary in her 32 not out. Marsh, the 22-year-old from Kent who was later adjudged player-of-the-match, was delighted with her performance. “I am pleased with my performance as it’s always nice for the spinners to take wickets in ODIs.
It was good that we bowled Pakistan out for a low total and the batters were able to knock off the runs comfortably. “The ball wasn’t turning much so I concentrated to bowl as straight as possible and tried to bring the slip fielder into play. I wasn’t aware that it was the fifth best bowling performance in a World Cup until someone told me after the presentation. I am definitely pleased
with this, also because it came in a match that we won,” she said. Despite its second defeat, qualifier Pakistan marched into the Super Six stage after India defeated Sri Lanka by 35 runs in a low-scoring match at Bankstown Oval to notch up its second win.The defeat has left Sri Lanka to play in the seventh-eighth position play-off against South Africa on Saturday, 14 March after both the teams finished winless from three matches.
The highlight of the match was a superb batting performance by former captain Mithali Raj who scored more than half her team’s runs. The right-handed batter remained unbeaten on 75 (off 120 balls) as the 2005 World Cup runner-up managed a modest 137-7 in 50 overs after being reduced to 78-7 in 39.4 overs. Together with captain Jhulan Goswami, Raj added 59 runs for the unfinished eighth wicket in 10.2 overs with Goswami contributing 24 not out.
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