Follow us

Women’s World Cup | Twitter in splits as Ecclestone cringes in guilt after nearly “impaling” Sciver-Brunt 

no image

ByGantavya Adukia, SportsCafe Editor

56
no image

No sport appreciates friendly fire, least of all one involving a rock hard leather-cork ball and gigantic wooden willows. Unfortunately, England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt fell victim in the Women’s World Cup game against Bangladesh in Guwahati on Tuesday at the hands of teammate Sophie Ecclestone.

Sharmin AKhter got Bangladesh off to a confident start at the Baraspara Stadium after being put in to bat first as the side rushed past 20 within the first five overs. However, disaster soon struck when she lost two partners in the space of four balls, leading to a drastic slowdown that had the Tigresses end the powerplay at 31/2. It was all going smooth and sweet for England, until Sophie Ecclestone decided to inject some misery into the fixture out of the blue.
Sobhana Mostary welcomed the end of field restrictions with a boundary off her pads against Sciver-Brunt, prompting the England skipper to go fuller and a bit straighter. Mostary gently pushed the ball towards mid-on and sprinted for a quick single, while Ecclestone ran to her left and casually fired in a throw with Mostary well safe. However, Sciver-Brunt who had been quietly watching proceedings after her follow through and had begun her walk back to the mark, had no time to react as the Kookaburra missed the stumps and hit her shin square on. The stump mic picked up a harmonised loud gasp echoing from the England brunch, while Ecclestone cringed her face in second-hand pain with her hands inadvertently clawed up.
The spinner received some well-earned chastising from her teammates around, with Twitterati joining in.

That must've hurt

Interesting

Cut-to-cut

Pressure

Maiden

Superb

Fifth one

Sometime

Nice

Interesting

‌

Comments

Leave a comment

0 Comments

read previousThe Ashes | Twitter reacts as Australia produce their version of Bazball to take 44-run lead over England
Australia ended day two of the second Test with a lead of 44 runs over England in Brisbane on Friday. Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith scored half-centuries to take the home side to 378/6 in 73 overs after England's innings ended early in the first session for 334.
Is Test Retirement Going to Cost Kohli and Rohit Their ODI Future?read next
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli face uncertainty over their ODI future. Questions are now being raised by the BCCI selectors over their form assessment and fitness. With both players being retired from the Test format, it leaves them with ODIs only.

You may also like

no image
Is Test Retirement Going to Cost Kohli and Rohit Their ODI Future?
Tue, Oct 7, 2025 06:11 PM
no image
Rishabh Pant set to feature for Delhi in second round of Ranji Trophy
Tue, Oct 7, 2025 06:11 PM
no image
Why Rahul Dravid Outshines Gautam Gambhir as a Coach?
Tue, Oct 7, 2025 06:01 PM
no image
Did Shubman Gill Really Wait 7 Days for Sapna Choudhary?
Tue, Oct 7, 2025 05:57 PM
View non-AMP page