Women's World Cup: Sophie Ecclestone floors Sri Lanka with four-fer
What's the story
Ace England spinner Sophie Ecclestone picked a match-winning four-fer versus Sri Lanka in Match 12 of the ICC Women's World Cup. Chasing a target of 254, Sri Lanka perished for a score of 164 in 45.4 overs. Ecclestone was the star of the show, picking 4 wickets for 17 runs from her 10 overs (3 maidens). Here are further details.
Bowling
A brilliant spell on offer
Ecclestone was introduced in the 19th over on an economical note and shone throughout. Hasini Perera was her first victim. She lured the batter to step out and succeeded. It was a wicket-maiden. Harshitha Samarawickrama was her 2nd victim. The batter looked to pull and was caught. Kavisha Dilhari was Ecclestone's next scalp. She was bowled. An absolute ripper than dismissed Chamari Athapaththu.
Wickets
4th four-fer for Ecclestone in WODIs
Across 12 matches at the World Cup, Ecclestone has now claimed 30 wickets at an average of 12.93. She is now the 4th-highest wicket-taker for England in Women's World Cup, surpassing K Smithies and Katherine Sciver-Brunt (29 each). Overall, she has raced to 134 wickets in WODIs from 78 matches at 18.91. This was her 4th four-fer in WODIs.