RESULT
11th Match, Group A, Galle, October 01, 2012, ICC Women's World Twenty20
(20 ov, T:99) 97/8

Pakistan (W) won by 1 run

Player Of The Match
, PAK-W
3/12
nida-dar
Report

England win again, Pakistan edge India

England made it three from three in the group stage of the Women's World T20 as Pakistan bowed out the tournament with a consolatory win over India

ESPNcricinfo staff
01-Oct-2012
England Women 146 for 3 (Taylor 65*) beat Australia Women 144 for 5 (Lanning 39) by seven wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
England Women completed a sweep of the group stage with a seven-wicket win over Australia. They were given their sternest challenge of the competition, asked to chase 145, but again showed their excellence in all departments by winning with 11 balls to spare.
Sarah Taylor made the highest individual score of the tournament, 65 not out, to guide her side's chase. She shared a stand of 63 at more than 11 runs per over with Danni Wyatt to reach the target comfortably. Wyatt arrived at the crease with 62 required from 44 balls but played a breezy innings with six boundaries that took the game away from Australia. She finished with 33 in 17 balls, winning the match with a boundary.
Australia had played well after choosing to bat first. Opener Meg Lanning led the way with 39 from 31 balls and Lisa Sthalekar's 28-ball 38 boosted the total. Both batsman fell to Anya Shrubsole but she and the usually dependable Laura Marsh and Holly Colvin went at eight-an-over. Dannielle Hazell was the most economical in holding Australia to a total they could eclipse.
Australia captain Jodie Fields said her team's batting performance was a positive but was disappointed at not finishing the game well.
"It felt like we were right in the match right up until the last couple of overs. Our batting innings went the way we wanted it to do, we aimed for 140 and we got that target."
Her team would take on West Indies in the second semi-final of the tournament on October 5. "West Indies are a strong team and we were lucky enough to play them in a warm-up match which gave us an idea about how we can play against them," Fields said. England go on to play New Zealand in their semi-final.
Pakistan Women 98 for 9 (Parwin 2-15) beat India Women 97 for 8 (Dar 3-12) by 1 run
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
The other match of the day was a low-scoring thriller that brightened up the dead rubber, with Pakistan Women heading home with a victory by the smallest margin against India. With four required off the final delivery, Nagarajan Niranjana was run out attempting the tying third run.
Pakistan chose to bat but only three players made double figures. Sana Mir with 26 and Nain Abidi's 25 had laid a platform at the top of the order but their failure to go on exposed the rest of the order, of whom Asmavia Iqbal with 10 was the top score. Rasanara Parwin returned the best figures, going for just 15 in her fours overs and picking up the wickets of Mir and Bismah Maroof for 3.
India also struggled for a significant contribution with the bat but Jhulan Goswami looked to be guiding them home. But when she fell for a 24-ball 21, 16 were needed from 10 balls which became 14 from the last over. Niranjana struck the first ball for four and worked a target of four off the final ball but it proved just beyond them.

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ICC Women's World Twenty20
Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
ENG-W33061.341
AUS-W32140.628
PAK-W3122-1.367
IND-W3030-0.607
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
WI-W32141.602
NZ-W32140.638
SL-W3122-0.692
SA-W3122-1.194