England Women Defeat Australia in Thrilling World Cup Warm-Up Ahead of India 2025

The England Women's cricket team just scored a killer win! They beat Australia, the champs. It was super close, just four little wickets to spare. This all went down in their last practice game before the ICC Women’s World Cup in India next year. The game was in Bengaluru, and if you watched it, you'd know England is totally ready to compete.

England Shows Australia How It’s Done: Warm-Up Game Lowdown

Australia was up to bat first, hoping to set a target of 248, enough to worry England a bit. But things didn't exactly go as planned. Their captain, Alyssa Healy, was out pretty quick – a leg-before-wicket off one of Lauren Bell's balls. The whole team of England found a new mood after that.

The Australian batters did try their best, but Sarah Glenn came in, and things changed in an instant. She grabbed five big wickets. This rattled Australia's batting lineup, big time, which left them at 247 total at the end of the innings.

England Steps Up to the Plate

England didn’t have the best start. They lost three wickets quickly, with only 32 runs. It did make a few spectators ponder if they could handle Australia's super solid way of bowling. Then Alice Capsey came on and she was a total rockstar. She was so patient, hitting 88 runs. She knew how to play a good safe game with doing some killer hitting.

Sophia Dunkley was also on point. She got 54 runs. And Emma Lamb? Her 60 runs really sealed the win. Capsey and Lamb working together was key. They were both calm and just kept the pressure up on Australia.

England crawled bit by bit to the win in those last few overs. They smashed it too! They had the perfect end with all the warm-up games with a win to bring to the World Cup.

Why England Succeeded

England had a great plan. Lauren Bell starting off the bowling was such a good idea. Getting Healy out so early on was a real win. But Sarah Glenn? She was a machine. She didn't let the other team even ATTEMPT to form any kind of partnership, so England had total control of the game. When England had their turn to bat, you could see they had been a team of hard workers. That helped them not panic when it felt too hot, and they made sure they scored those runs no matter what.

Australia is still the defending champs, but they didn't come back so well after their captain was out. Their batters in the middle had issues getting past England's bowling changes.

Players Who Slayed

Alice Capsey: 88 runs is a serious contribution and she saw the team through.

Sarah Glenn: She got five wickets! What a boss

Emma Lamb: She scored 60 runs and teamed up with Capsey to make things happen.

Sophia Dunkley: Scored 54 important runs to help win.

Next Up: ICC Women’s World Cup 2025

India will hold the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2025. There is no way they aren't excited! We got India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all lined up. Each team will play each other once. Then, the best four go to the semi-finals. The last game is on November 2, 2025, in Navi Mumbai or Colombo.

England winning against Australia is a good sign. They're looking good to snag the title.

Game Stats

• Australia: All out at 247; a mess after Healy got out quick.
• England: 248/6. Simple. Easy. Four-wicket win.
• Sarah Glenn: 5 wickets. We love to see it.
• Alice Capsey: 88 runs. Legend.
• Capsey and Lamb: A partnership of 60 runs turned everything upwards.

The stats here show England has a great batting and bowling way of playing. They might just do well against the rest of the teams.

What People Are Saying

Anyone from England or India are screaming proud due to England winning the Australia warm up match. Everyone online has been commending Capsey, Glenn, and Lamb for their dedication. And experts have even said that the team of England are used to the heat and can handle it and that might just be in their cards since the location of The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be held in India.

Australia winning that match will mean that it's advantage England as well as sending a message to the other 6 teams that they shouldn't be messed with.

England: What's In Store

Their first World Cup is against South Africa. Many have said that England will do well especially that Capsey, Glenn, and Dunkley are in the team. Australia now need to rethink about how they play and how they do in the middle as well as their opening partnerships. England put it out there already: and that is that they are more that ready for the World Cup.

All In All

England Women’s cricket team winning the warm up match has really created a roar especially since it puts forward that they will in deed win the World Cup!