That's all she wrote! Skewed high to Bell at point, who takes a simple catch. Three wickets to Capsey and that confirms a mammoth 143-run win in the second ODI, sealing the series with a game to spare!
ENG Women vs WI Women, 2nd ODI at Leicester, ENG-W vs WI-W, Jun 04 2025 - Match Result
8:27pm Right, that's all from us here. Thank you for your company. Join us on Sunday for the final match of the series in Taunton!
8:25pm Lastly, we hear from Nat Sciver-Brunt, victorious in her first ODI series as England's full-time captain.
"Batters 3, 4 and 5 are getting a bit pad-rashy…." she joked about the openers in the first two ODIs, before praising Emma Lamb for her 55. "It's always very difficult to follow a big partnership… she did brilliantly to settle herself and then go again."
[BETTER IDEA OF ROLES WITH THE BALL] "Absolutely. I thought everyone stuck to it as best as they could really. We were more energetic in the field and it was really pleasing. The bowlers are doing their very best to impress and take wickets
[CHANGES TO COME AT TAUNTON?] "I would have thought so. It's important to see everyone have their go. With the World Cup coming up, we want to see what we have… it's of great value everyone playing a lot of domestic cricket before this series."
8:13pm Of course, the headline acts were Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont, punching in back-to-back centuries, while becoming the first pair to register more than one opening stand of 200 or more. Oh and Kate Cross notched 100 ODI dismissals in her 100th international appearance.
Player of the match is Amy Jones, for 129 off 98: "It's quite funny how it's worked out (scoring two centuries on the bounce after none in her previous 81 innings). I'm enjoying it opening the batting I've done it a few times to know it's not easy. You have to ride your luck and I did that a bit today.
"I'm trying stay nice and still at the crease and just react to what's coming down. I've got a lot of confidence, a lot of backing within the group. I'm just happy to go out there and perform."
8:09pm Another dominant performance for England, albeit one they labored to in the end, despite the absentees on West Indies side. The tourists were always going to be up against it with the injury to Hayley Matthews and the illness to Qiana Joseph. In their stead, Realeanna Grimmond's 53 on debut and Jannillea Glasgow's 44 ensured this was not a total blowout...
Capsey drags this down, upon seeing Ramharack advancing, but the left-hander continues with the shot out to long on
Wide of the crease, darting in, slashed through point! Uppish, perfectly between cover point and short third
Full, outside off stump, driven out to deep cover
Capsey returns
Pace on, same kind of width, cuts to short third's left but decides she doesn't want the run, so Fraser, having made the initial ground, has to end up charging back, running two all on her own!
Another slower ball, feels for it through to Jones, who takes on the bounce
Tighter to the stumps, fingers rolled over for a slower off cutter, tries to guide beyond short third but can't get enough meat behind that one. Finds the fielder instead
Oh wow! Bell targets the stumps, Ramharack thumps her back over her head! One-bounce four, straight and true...
Full, moving into leg stump, defended
Starts with a slower delivery that is dabbed down to third
Lauren Bell into the attack, around the wicket
Full, straight, defended back towards mid off
Another carved over gully! Enticing length for the shot, and the right amount of width, but sound execution nonetheless!
Another short ball, into the body, loops up to backward square... but well short of the fielder. Fraser had taken her eyes off that but gets way with it
Bumper! Fraser doesn't so much evade as throw herself to the floor as if she's been ordered to during a bank heist!
Four again! Filer opts for something wider and fuller, Fraser leans into an open-faced slash over backward point. Good connection
Punched through long on1 Quality shot from Fraser, who is showing a lot of heart in the final throes of this ODI
Length, sits in the pitch a touch, defended in front of off stump. And that's Linsey Smith done, 2 for 27 from her 10 overs.
Bit of air, full, lifted aerially but flat down to long on
Flatter, into leg stump, worked to square leg once more
Drift into a full length on leg stump, worked around the corner
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Grace Road, Leicester | |
Toss | England Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | England Women led the 3-match series 2-0 |
Match number | WODI no. 1467 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.00 start, First Session 13.00-16.10, Interval 16.10-16.50, Second Session 16.50-19.20 |
Match days | 4 June 2025 - daynight (50-over match) |
WODI debut | |
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