England vs Pakistan match review – Women’s World Cup 2025, Match 16

England and Pakistan will face each other in the 16th match of the currently ongoing Women’s World Cup 2025. The match is scheduled to be played on Wednesday (October 15) at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

With three wins from as many matches, England currently sit second in the points table and are one of the only two unbeaten teams in the competition. A win in the next match would see England regain first place.

England have never lost an ODI against Pakistan and will be favorites to win the upcoming match as well. In their last tour, they thrashed Sri Lanka by 89 runs at the same venue.

A brilliant century from Nat Sciver-Brunt took England to 253/9 before they bowled out Sri Lanka by just 164 runs. With a good performance on their side, England will be looking for another win and strengthening their position.

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Pakistan, on the other hand, has endured a terrible campaign so far. Not only did they lose all their matches, they were also outplayed in most of them. After three defeats in the same number of matches, the team is currently at the bottom of the points table.

Pakistan have never won an ODI against England and it will take something extraordinary for them to overcome their formidable hosts in the next match. Even if Pakistan fails to win the match, they will be keen to put up a respectable performance.

In their last match, they suffered a crushing 107-run defeat at the hands of Australia. They did well with the ball to reduce Australia to 76/7 before a century from Beth Mooney took the seven-time world champions to 221. In reply, Pakistan were all out for just 114 runs.

England vs Pakistan match review – Women’s World Cup 2025, Match 16

England vs Pakistan – Weather Report:

The weather forecast is not very promising for the match between England and Pakistan. The forecast predicted a rainy day in Colombo. The chances of rain will be between 50-60 percent throughout the match.

Earlier on Tuesday, the match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was cancelled, and the upcoming match may also suffer a similar fate.

England vs Pakistan – Pitch Report:

The pitch is expected to be slow and will provide enough spin to the spinners. A low-scoring game is expected. Anything around 250 would be an impressive total.

England vs Pakistan – expected lineup to play:

England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Heather Knight, Nat Schaefer-Brent (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

Pakistan: Muniba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Iman Fatima, Natalia Pervez, Fatima Sana (C), Sidra Nawaz (Canadian West), Ramin Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig.

England vs Pakistan – Formations:

England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (w), Heather Knight, Nat Schaefer-Brunett (c), Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb, Alice Capsey, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell, M. Arlott, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glynn, Danielle White-Hodge

Pakistan: Muniba Ali, Sidra Amin, Natalia Parvez, Sadaf Shamas, Iman Fatima, Fatima Sana (c), Sidra Nawaz (w), Ramin Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig, Umaima Sohail, Syeda Aroob Shah, Shawwal Zulfiqar, Alia Riaz