Wyatt helps England to 3-0 series win over Pakistan

Third T20, Leeds

England 176 all out (20 overs): Wyatt 87 (48), Jones 26 (15); Baig 3-26

Pakistan 142-4 (20 overs): Riaz 35*, Feroza 30

England won by 34 runs; win series 3-0

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England completed a 3-0 T20 series clean sweep over Pakistan as Danni Wyatt's belligerent 87 set up a comfortable 34-run win at Headingley.

Opener Wyatt capitalised on sloppy fielding - she was dropped on 12, 79 and 81 - to score the bulk of England's 176.

Wyatt struck 45 from her last 16 balls at which stage England looked on course for a bigger total but her dismissal was the first of eight wickets lost for 58 runs as the hosts were dismissed in exactly 20 overs.

That score - England's highest of the series - still proved well beyond Pakistan, even with a good start by the tourists.

Pakistan were always behind the scoring rate in reaching 60-0 and after Sophie Ecclestone dismissed Sidra Ameen for 26th in the ninth over, fellow opener Gull Feroza was caught for 30 in the next over.

Captain Nida Dar and Aliya Riaz shared an unbroken stand of 69 - Pakistan's highest in T20s against England - to stretch the game out but Pakistan ended well short on 142-4.

Next is a three-match one-day international series between the sides, starting in Derby on Thursday.

This series has been one-sided but there remains both positives and negatives for England as they build towards the World Cup in the autumn.

Wyatt will, once again, be a key player in Bangladesh and after scores of one and six in the first two matches of the series, showed her familiar range of wristy flicks, sweeps to leg and drives through and over the covers in her 48 balls.

Having been dropped by wicketkeeper Muneeba Ali, diving low to her right across first slip off seamer Diana Baig, Wyatt accelerated by taking 20 runs from the 11th over, bowled by spinner Dar, including three of her 12 fours and a high six over long on.

Wyatt was dropped twice more, a simple chance at mid-off and a tougher opportunity diving forward at deep extra cover, before finally being taken by Sadaf Shamas in a repeat of the latter.

Against stronger opposition, England may have been punished for the lack of other contributors, however.

Wyatt’s opening partner Maia Bouchier was run out for the second match in a row – she set off for a single after driving straight to point – while there were rare failures for Nat Sciver Brunt and captain Heather Knight, who made eight and 12 respectively before chipping tame catches.

Alice Capsey was run out for one and Danielle Gibson caught at short fine leg for 13, having already been dismissed by a no-ball on one.

Amy Jones, named player of the series for her runs and work with the gloves, was the only batter join Wyatt in passing 20 with her 26.

It is difficult to draw too many conclusions from England’s performance with the ball, given the pitch was flat and Pakistan’s batters dug in.

The hosts were probably slightly lacking in wicket-taking threat.

Lauren Bell, the pick of England’s seamers with five wickets in the previous two games, was rested and in her absence Lauren Filer bowled quickly but Charlie Dean shared the new ball and was expensive with her four overs costing 46 runs.

Having batted patiently, Ameen and Feroza both fell to sweeps. Feroza was caught off a top edge off Dean, after Ameen had been trapped in front by the unusually quiet Ecclestone.

Wyatt’s impressive day continued when she caught Muneeba Ali smartly diving to her left at backward point off Gibson. When Sadaf Shamas top-edged a pull off Filer, four wickets had fallen in 17 balls but Dar and Riaz prevented another collapse.

Their partnership showed little intent but Pakistan’s total was also their best of the series, which at least gives encouragement with the 50-over matches to come.

England captain Heather Knight: "The way Danni has been batting, she was definitely due a score so I am really pleased for her.

"There's some areas we can do better but we have had performances from most people this series.

"Pakistan put us under pressure with the bat which is good to see. But we stayed calm, wrestled back momentum and put pressure back on our opponent so I'm really pleased with the way we reacted."

On Lauren Filer's performance: "She is a point of difference for us. She is quick and hits the pitch hard so I am really pleased for her as she has been working hard behind the scenes."

On preparations for the T20 World Cup: "We are tracking well. There's always things we can do better but we are moving forward as a side. There's a few things we can tune up but lots of people are putting in performances and those not in the side are pushing too."

Pakistan captain Nida Dar: "At the crucial time we lost catches and that cost us. I must take positives out of it, we hope to change the momentum for the ODIs."