Heather Knight showed class to Indian bowling by scoring a century, England scored 288 runs
Samira Vishwas October 20, 2025 03:24 AM

Women World Cup 2025: Today i.e. on 19th October, Team India is playing its 5th match against England in the Women’s World Cup 2025. The game between the two teams is going on in Indore. For the host team, which has lost 2 out of 4 matches so far, it is necessary to register a win at any cost. But it is not going to be that easy. Because England batted first and scored 288 runs. In which Heather Knight has made the biggest contribution by scoring 109 runs.

Heather Knight scored a century

England team made a strong start after winning the toss and coming to bat first. Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont made a partnership of 73 runs for the first wicket. Out of which Jones scored 56 runs in 68 balls with the help of 8 fours. But the real game started after the fall of the first wicket when Heather Knight came to bat. He played a brilliant inning of 109 runs in just 91 balls. 15 fours and 1 six were seen from his bat.

Heather Knight was out in the 45th over.

England had lost Amy Jones on the score of 98, in such a situation it seemed that Team India could make a comeback in the match. But Heather Knight had other intentions. He made a partnership of 113 runs with Nate Seaver Brunt. This pair took the score to 211. The efficiency of Knight’s innings can be gauged from the fact that no bowler was able to trouble him. In such a situation, while trying to steal extra runs on the third ball of the 45th over, he had to lose his wicket.

Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets

The Indian fast bowling line-up looked colorless against England. Renuka Singh Thakur and Kranti Gaur did not take a single wicket in 8 overs of bowling. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for 43 runs in 9 overs, supporting her, Shri Charni achieved 2 successes by spending 57 runs in 9 overs.

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