Summary

  • England beat Scotland by 38 runs to close in on semi-final spot

  • Impressive England post 200-5

  • Kemp (39* off 16) and Gibson (30* off 11) add unbroken 61 off 21 balls

  • Returning Dunkley makes 57 off 37 balls

  • Ecclestone takes 2-23 as Scotland finish 162-7

  • Women's T20 World Cup, Group 2, Headingley

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  1. Eng 82-2

    Lovely sweep from Alice Capsey! She picks a gap between mid-wicket and square and pummels four.

    Lots of puzzled looks on the faces of Scotland's fielders.

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    Sophia DunkleyReuters

    Dunkley’s playing with a point to prove!

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  3. Eng 76-2

    Scotland's ground fielding is leaving a lot to be desired.

    Alice Capsey picks up back-to-back boundaries - one well-struck behind square, the other a gift as Darcey Carter goes for a nonchalant one-handed pick-up and makes a hash of it.

    13 off the over.

  4. Phoebe Graham
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Outstanding knock from Sophia Dunkley. She really changed the momentum of the powerplay for England.

    I love the fact that she's taken her opportunity, coming in at number three for Nat Sciver-Brunt.

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    50 for Sophia Dunkley

    Eng 65-2

    Sophia Dunkley brings up her half-century with a single, giving her bat an enthusiastic wave in celebration.

    She's had a couple of let-offs - dropped on four and 46 - but she's making Scotland pay and filling Nat Sciver-Brunt's shoes well.

    50 off 33, including seven fours and one six.

  6. Phoebe Graham
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There's been a couple of chances for Scotland, exceptionally tricky though. They are the ones that really hurt you as a team. Scotland just need to stay in the game here.

  7. Eng 63-2

    Hannah Rainey enters the attack and beats Alice Capsey for pace with the penultimate delivery of the over.

    However, there's also frustration for the bowler as a bit of sloppiness from Priyanaz Chatterrji in the deep gifts Capsey a boundary.

    Eight off the over. Should probably have been six.

  8. Eng 55-2

    Kirstie Gordon celebrates a wicketGetty Images

    Well, well, Kirstie Gordon is the bowler who is making things happen.

    She could have had a few wickets in that over, with two opportunities to remove Sophia Dunkley as well as the wicket of Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    That should have been out, bad drop there.

  10. dropped catch

    Dropped catch - Dunkley on 46

    Another couple of lives for Sophia Dunkley.

    The previous delivery, the ball died just in front of a diving Katherine Fraser at deep mid-wicket.

    Then, she smashes one straight into the hands of point, but the fielder can't cling on.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge walks after losing her wicket, caught by Scotland's Kathryn Bryce off the bowling of Kirstie GordonReuters

    That's an absolutely rancid delivery by Kirstie Gordon, there's no way she intentionally bowled that short.

    Wyatt-Hodge is furious with herself for that.

  12. Victoria Polley
    BBC cricket commentator

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge is stood there in disbelief.

  13. wicket

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    Wyatt-Hodge c K Bryce b Gordon 7 (Eng 51-2)

    Kirstie Gordon strikes again!

    She comes back into the attack and opens with a fairly ropey short delivery, but it's enough to tempt Danni Wyatt-Hodge and she picks out Kathryn Bryce at mid-on.

    Smiles all round for Scotland. Wyatt-Hodge is less than impressed.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Brilliant from Dunkley again. Using her feet, creating a little bit of room, through extra cover finds the perfect spot between the fielders.

    Scotland have really got to slow her down here, can they get her off strike? Now it's out of the powerplay, they should look to bring Kirstie Gordon back in and just be patient. Everyone needs to be ready, clinical and keep the stumps in play.

  15. Eng 51-1

    Dunkley 43 (25), Wyatt-Hodge 7 (10)

    After losing Amy Jones off the opening delivery of the match, England will be pretty happy with their efforts.

    Sophia Dunkley has settled into this match after a rocky start, adding another three boundaries to her tally in the sixth over to move onto 43 (25).

    That being said, she's been aided by some slightly lacklustre fielding on the rope by Scotland.

    They'll also be thinking about that missed opportunity to remove Dunkley for four in the third over but it was a tough diving chance for Priyanaz Chatterji, who did well to get a hand to it.

  16. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Scotland will probably feel a bit frustrated at the moment because Sophia Dunkley has been able to accelerate. For them now, it's about slowing her down as we come out of the powerplay.

  17. Eng 37-1

    A boundary, a three, and a couple of singles - one courtesy of a mis-field from Pippa Sproul - keep England chugging along. They've wrestled back momentum nicely.

  18. Eng 32-1

    Very nice from Sophia Dunkley, down on one knee and guiding the ball up and over a pair of fielders hovering around fine for four.

  19. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge of England interacts between the wickets during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Group B match between England and Scotland at HeadingleyGetty Images

    This is the partnership that England needed after Jones went out to start. Sophia Dunkley with a point to prove. No player wants to be on the bench at a home World Cup.

  20. Eng 28-1

    It's almost as if Sophia Dunkley has been sparked into life by that near-miss in the previous over.

    She takes Gabriella Fontenla for boundaries all around the park - cover, mid-wicket, behind square - to get the scoreboard moving.

    She's up to 24 (17). England are 28-1.