🔗 Share this article Torrential Showers Saves England and Ruins Pakistan Dreams of Memorable Win The Pakistani team was inches away from their inaugural ODI win facing the English team in Colombo midweek, reaching an unbeaten 34 in pursuit of a target recalculated by DLS set at 113 ahead of heavy rainfall cut short their chances to achieve a milestone. England's Batting Woes England’s batting has lurched repeatedly failing throughout this World Cup – they had to be bailed out by Heather Knight versus Bangladesh and Nat Sciver-Brunt's performance versus Sri Lanka – in this match it seemed as if their vulnerabilities would return to haunt them, as they collapsed to 79 runs with seven wickets down in the opening 25 overs. Rain Delays and Recovery Postponed first by rain lasting nearly four hours, The English side resumed to score another 54 runs – however, Pakistan's opening pair Muneeba Ali and Omaima Sohail looked to be making short work the pursuit, assisted by the absence of England’s key strike bowlers Lauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone due to sickness. Only additional rainfall rescued England. “Pakistan bowled brilliantly and posed serious challenges for us to get into the game at all,” England's leader the captain told Sky Sports. “We weren’t good enough and we’ll hold our hands up. Everyone’s practising really well and I guess it’s about discovering a method to do that in games.” Tournament Implications The no-result indicates that The English team continues their path to progress to the semi-finals as long as they win one of their final three preliminary games facing India, Australia and New Zealand. Ground State and Bowling Performance This championship has up to now been ideal for spin bowlers, however in this match it was significant swing that posed difficulties for England's top batsmen, following heavy rain a day before that canceled the remaining portion of Sri Lanka’s match against New Zealand. The youthful Pakistani skipper Fatima Sana sent down an impressive period of 5-1-19-3, featuring a maiden over with a wicket initially, getting Amy Jones out through the defense via an inward-moving ball. Pivotal Events and Decision Review Heather Knight again rescued herself with a timely DRS review against Sana that was going past leg stump, however the Pakistan captain to strike twice during the subsequent over with two further hooping deliveries – one which the captain deflected onto to her stumps, and a subsequent delivery that struck Knight plumb in front. Before this, Beaumont had left the ball against Diana Baig and was dismissed by a nip-backer which clipped the top of the off stump, and it was the left-arm spin of Sadia Iqbal that accounted for both Dunkley and Lamb. Competition Organization Concerns Concerns could surface regarding the choice to organize a portion of the tournament in the Colombo venue during monsoon season, considering this is the third canceled match at the ground – however England will merely feel relieved as they progress toward their next match in Indore.