Key events
29th over: Pakistan 125-4 (Aliya 3, Dar 18) Glenn is a touch too straight as Aliya sweeps around the corner for a couple to get off strike. Aliya nearly chops on to a sliding delivery but just about survives.
28th over: Pakistan 118-4 (Aliya 0, Dar 17) Bell tries to greet Aliya Riaz with a bumper … but sends it wide.
WICKET! Muneeba c Jones b Bell 34 (Pakistan 117-4)
Lauren Bell is back and she troubles Muneeba, going around the wicket to move the ball away from the left-hander, always a tricky angle for the southpaw to negotiate. Muneeba responds by driving square for a couple … but Bell then strikes! It’s another drive but this time the fuller delivery nabs the outside edge, with Jones holding on behind the stumps.
27th over: Pakistan 115-3 (Muneeba 32, Dar 17) There’s a run-out appeal as Knight throws down the stumps at the striker’s end, but Muneeba is comfortably in.
26th over: Pakistan 111-3 (Muneeba 30, Dar 15) Lauren Bell pulls off a decent diving stop at fine leg after Muneeba top-edges Cross. Pakistan are knocking the ball around nicely for singles, rotating enough to surely get England worrying just a bit.
25th over: Pakistan 106-3 (Muneeba 28, Dar 12) A lush drive through extra cover brings Muneeba four off Glenn. A couple of singles follow and Pakistan are finding some rhythm in this partnership.
24th over: Pakistan 100-3 (Muneeba 23, Dar 11) Kate Cross returns for another spell … and the leg-side wide makes a reappearance, forcing the seamer to bowl an eight-ball over. Pakistan reach three figures.
23rd over: Pakistan 95-3 (Muneeba 21, Dar 11) Glenn drops the ball short – like Dean has done a few times – but Pakistan have struggled to turn those deliveries into high-scoring shots. Instead, they settle for three singles in the over.
22nd over: Pakistan 92-3 (Muneeba 19, Dar 10) Muneeba sweeps Ecclestone hard … for one. Dar seizes upon a full toss, driving through extra cover for four.
21st over: Pakistan 87-3 (Muneeba 18, Dar 6) Sarah Glenn’s leggies enter the picture. Nida Dar nails an excellent sweep to find her first boundary of the innings but it’s otherwise tidy from Glenn.
20th over: Pakistan 81-3 (Muneeba 17, Dar 1) England have turned up after drinks, and Ecclestone looks set for a substantial haul.
WICKET! Ayesha b Ecclestone 8 (Pakistan 79-3)
Ecclestone’s toying with her pace, a slow, floated delivery striking Ayesha on the pads before the batter departs next ball! It’s quicker, keeps straight and rattles the poles.
19th over: Pakistan 78-2 (Muneeba 16, Ayesha 8) Another drop! Dean gets a very faint outside edge from Muneeba and Jones fails to hold on after having two goes at it. Dean drops a couple short and wide but Muneeba isn’t able to capitalise properly before Ayesha finds the boundary with a smart slap to fine leg.
18th over: Pakistan 71-2 (Muneeba 14, Ayesha 3) Ecclestone sends a flatter delivery into the pads of Ayesha … the finger doesn’t go up. I reckon it was probably sliding down leg and England agree, not opting for a review. Ecclestone is halfway through her allotment of overs, carrying figures of 1-11.
17th over: Pakistan 68-2 (Muneeba 13, Ayesha 1) Dean runs through her six quickly to nab a maiden.
16th over: Pakistan 68-2 (Muneeba 13, Ayesha 1) Ayesha Zafar enters the game and moves quickly off zero.
WICKET! Sadaf b Ecclestone 28 (Pakistan 67-2)
Ecclestone resumes after the break, with Muneeba immediately getting off strike with a single. Sadaf, who slowed down after a decent start, then tries to go back and cut … but drags on to her stumps. A much-needed wicket for England.
15th over: Pakistan 66-1 (Sadaf 28, Muneeba 12) Dean drops it short, wide and is lucky that Muneeba can only knock it for one. Dean bowls consecutive leg-side wides before correcting with two tempters outside off that Sadaf can’t get her bat on. Time for drinks. Pakistan will be pleased; England need a wake-up call.
14th over: Pakistan 63-1 (Sadaf 28, Muneeba 12) Ecclestone only goes for one but it really does feel like England haven’t properly shown up with the ball so far. Something’s lacking.
13th over: Pakistan 62-1 (Sadaf 28, Muneeba 10) Dean’s getting a bit more turn than Ecclestone I reckon, and the batters exchange singles before the off-spinner sends the ball down the leg side for five wides. Extras are into the 20s for Pakistan in this innings – England need to sort this out.
12th over: Pakistan 54-1 (Sadaf 27, Muneeba 8) Ecclestone gives the ball some decent hang-time in the air, trying to lure Sadaf into a mistimed drive. The Pakistan opener survives.
11th over: Pakistan 51-1 (Sadaf 25, Muneeba 7) Charlie Dean begins … with a wide. A nice, dropping delivery outside off follows, with Muneeba punching it for a single. Dean slides in a quicker ball that cramps Muneeba for room, but she just about gets some bat on it to avoid a serious lbw shout.
10th over: Pakistan 47-1 (Sadaf 24, Muneeba 5) In comes England’s trump card, Sophie Ecclestone’s left-arm spin. Heather Knight is in at slip to Muneeba, and there’s a half-hearted lbw shout in that first set, but not a great deal of turn.
9th over: Pakistan 45-1 (Sadaf 24, Muneeba 4) Cross oversteps to add to the burgeoning extras column, granting Muneeba a free hit – she swats to the leg-side for a couple. A wide follows but Cross makes up for that looseness with three dots to close the over.
8th over: Pakistan 40-1 (Sadaf 24, Muneeba 1) Muneeba Ali joins Sadaf in the middle, with Bell up and running.
WICKET! S Ameen c Jones b Bell 2 (Pakistan 37-1)
Ah dear, the ol’ commentator’s curse. Bell goes full, tempts the prod from Ameen and the faint outside edge carries to Jones who, this time round, holds on.
7th over: Pakistan 37-0 (Sadaf 24, S Ameen 2) Sadaf is leading the way for Pakistan now, reeling off a couple of boundaries to dominate this strong start. England potentially getting a bit nervy?
6th over: Pakistan 27-0 (Sadaf 14, S Ameen 2) And Pakistan strike back after Cross’ economical over, Sadaf hitting her side’s first boundary of the innings.
5th over: Pakistan 21-0 (Sadaf 9, S Ameen 2) Cross quietens things down, finding five dots before Sadaf slashes a wide delivery for just one.
4th over: Pakistan 20-0 (Sadaf 8, S Ameen 2) Plenty of replays to see if Maia Bouchier has stopped a boundary from Sadaf at extra cover … and yes, it’s given three, not four. Bell goes a bit too short with a bumper to Ameen, the ball signalled a wide – England have given away quite a few extras already. And then a drop! Bell gets Ameen to poke outside off and the edge is presented; it should be a regulation grab for Amy Jones behind the stumps … but she doesn’t hold on moving to her right.
3rd over: Pakistan 16-0 (Sadaf 5, S Ameen 2) Cross is too straight as Ameen gets the ball to run down the leg-side for four leg byes. The response from the seamer is a leaping outswinger that isn’t far off nabbing the outside edge. But this is a tidy start for Pakistan, with Cross failing to nail her lines consistently.
2nd over: Pakistan 9-0 (Sadaf 5, S Ameen 0) Lauren Bell gets some serious hoop with her first ball … but sends it down the leg-side. The inswinger slaps the pads of Sadaf next ball before another wide follows – Bell’s still learning how to control her powers. Sadaf jams out a fuller delivery before punching nicely through point for a couple. Another authoritative backfoot punch brings Sadaf two at the end of the over.
1st over: Pakistan 3-0 (Sadaf 1, S Ameen 0) Kate Cross takes the new ball with two slips waiting. Sadaf Shamas is off the mark with her second delivery, picking up a single at backward point. Sidra Ameen is her opening partner, and she blocks out a few before picking up two leg-byes to close the over. Not a great deal of early movement for Cross.
The players are making their way out for the restart. A big fan of Pakistan rocking Pepsi on the front and Dairy Milk on the back: a champion uni-student breakfast.
Taha Hashim
Afternoon everyone! Lovely to be on my first OBO in some time – the summer is here (even if it doesn’t look it in Derby). Can Pakistan beat England for the first time in an ODI? The visitors have been on the receiving end of some shellackings, as this list tells us – at the very least, we look like we’re on for a tight contest in this second innings.
Time for me to drink a cup of tea – Taha is in position to carry you through the Pakistan chase. Bye!
A decent enough score, and one that will surely be too much for Pakistan – whose record in ODIs against England is 209 – but England didn’t get away, and didn’t, until Charlie Dean came in, show too much imagination. But, it’s a learning curve, for many of these players ODI cricket is out of their comfort zone.
Alice Capsey has been wheeled out in the break “We’ve spoken a lot over the last 12 months about my tempo in ODI cricket. Was pleased with how I went about it, pretty low risk. Happy to get some runs. In T20 I’m comfortable, but I haven’t played that much 50-over cricket. You’ve got to adapt your game a lot more and that’s what I was happy with.”
50th over: England 243-9 (Glenn 16, Bell 1) From the sublime to the comic, some fabulous tag-fielding in the deep stops four, then Bell is dropped on the run by Fatima. England can only manage one off the last three balls – and, though England probably have more than enough, Pakistan look the chirpier side walking off the field at the innings break.
49th over: England 236-9 (Glenn 10, Bell 0) Umm-e-Hani with the penultimate over, and duly dots the i. Cross going for big runs but can’t get enough length on the shot.
WICKET! Cross c Nashra b Umm-e-Hani 6 (England 236-9
Aiming for the skies, goes high, but not long, and Nashra just has to wait for the ball to fall into her hands.
48th over: England 233-8 (Glenn 8, Cross 5) Cross brings instant energy, with four cracked down the ground.
WICKET! Dean b Dar 20 (England 227-8)
Dar again! Dean swipes, as if aiming to clear the table with one sweep of the arm, misses and is bowled. We wait for a minute for the third umpire to check the bails weren’t removed by the keeper’s gloves. They weren’t – and off Dean must trot after an innovative little cameo.
47th over: England 227-7 ( Dean 20, Glenn 7) Umm-e-Hani, a slight figure, in sunglasses and an Alice band. Glenn cuts for a couple, but four dots in a tidy over.