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Linsey Smith lifts England to win over Bangladesh at Women’s T20 World Cup

  • England, 118-7, bt Bangladesh, 97-7, by 21 runs
  • Left-arm spinner stars in first World Cup game since 2018

England began their World Cup campaign with a win against Bangladesh thanks to the left-arm spinner Linsey Smith, who bagged two wickets and a run-out in her first World Cup match since November 2018.

Jon Lewis’s decision to recall Smith to the England side earlier this year was grounded in his belief that her powerplay bowling is “up there with the best in the world” and she lived up to that billing here, finishing with two for 11 from her four overs and helping restrict Bangladesh to a 20-run power play – a slow start from which they found it impossible to recover.

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