Saturday 22 July 2017

Road to the final of ICC Women's World Cup 2017

India and England will lock horns against each on super Sunday at the Mecca of Cricket in the final match of ICC Women's World Cup 2017. Both the teams have seen ups and downs in the league round but have come out strong in the knockout stage.

Let us have a quick look at the journey of both these teams so far.

Team India
Opponent
Result
England
Won by 35 runs
West Indies
Won by 7 wickets
Pakistan
Won by 95 runs
Sri Lanka
Won by 16 runs
South Africa
Lost by 115 runs
Australia
Lost by 8 wickets
New Zealand
Won by 186 runs
Australia
Won by 36 runs

Team England

Opponent
Result
India
Lost by 35 runs
Pakistan
Won by 107 runs
Sri Lanka
Won by 7 wickets
South Africa
Won by 68 runs
Australia
Won by 3 runs
New Zealand
Won by 75 runs
West Indies
Won by 92 runs
South Africa
Won by 2 wickets

England have just lost one match in this tournament against the team which they will face in the grand finale. 

India eves have their tails up after the win against the six time world champions Australia. England have won the World Cup three times already, whereas India is yet to open its account. The Women in Blue have been in the finals before 12 years back and this time around they will be hoping to clinch the Cup.

Mithali Raj is the second highest scorer in this tournament just behind Australia's Ellyse Perry with 392 runs from 8 games at a healthy average of 49.00. Raj has still one game to go and is more than likely to be the highest run scorer. Not too far behind are English batters; Tammy Beaumont (387) and skipper Heather Knight (363). 

India's Deepti Sharma stands fourth in the wicket taking list with 12 wickets, whereas the highest wicket taker for England is the captain Knight with 8 wickets from as many games.

It is expected to be a cracker of a contest between the two sides at Lord's on Sunday. Let us hope for a solid game of cricket and may the best team win.

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