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England will face Pakistan in the 16th match of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The match will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo from 3 pm onwards. England Women has won all three matches played so far in the tournament. The team is in second place with 6 points. Whereas Pakistan is at the last position after losing all the three matches.
Both the teams will face each other for the first time at the Colombo Stadium. Pakistan has not been able to defeat England in overall ODI till date. 15 matches have been played between the two. In this, England won 13. While 2 matches remained inconclusive. The last match between England and Pakistan in the World Cup was played in 2009. Here England had bowled out Pakistan for 78 runs. The team won this match by 8 wickets.

Nate Sciver-Brunt England’s top scorer England captain Nate Sciver-Brunt is the team’s top batsman. He has scored 149 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 94.30. Brunt has also scored a century. Sophie Eccleston is the second top wicket taker of the tournament. He has taken 9 wickets in 3 matches at an economy of 2.30. Only Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland is ahead of Sophie. He has 10 wickets to his name.

Sidra Pakistan’s top batsman Sidra Amin is the highest run scorer for Pakistan. He has scored 116 runs in 3 matches. Also posted a fifty. In the bowling department, Diana Baig has taken maximum 6 wickets for the team. He took 4 wickets against India.

Advantage in batting first here So far 26 Women’s ODIs have been played in Colombo. In 15 matches, the team batting first and chasing in 10 has won. In such a situation, teams can choose to bat first after winning the toss. The seventh match of the tournament will be played in Colombo. The last match here was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
61% chance of rain This match will be played in Colombo. Today the temperature here can go up to 30.4 degrees Celsius. There is a 61% chance of rain during the match. Humidity is also expected to be up to 76%.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Heather Knight, Nate Sciver-Brunt (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Eccleston, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.
Pakistan: Muniba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Eman Fatima, Natalia Parvez, Fatima Sana (captain), Sidra Nawaz (wk), Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu and Diana Baig.
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