Rain sees points shared for England Women in Colombo

No Result: Pakistan Women 34-0 v England Women 133-9 (DLS)

Rain brought about a premature end to proceedings at the ICC Women's World Cup in Colombo, denying Pakistan Women a historic victory and allowing England to maintain their unbeaten record.

After being asked to bat first, England struggled. Tammy Beaumont went first, bowled by Diana Baig, and then the nip of Pakistan captain Fatima Sana accounted for Amy Jones, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight to leave Sciver-Brunt's side teetering at 39-4.

Spinners Sadia Iqbal and Rameen Shamim then took over, sharing three wickets between them and putting the brakes on England's scoring rate.

With England 79-7 the rain came, and the match was shortened to 31 overs per side. Charlie Dean and Em Arlott battled to a score of 133-9, reduced to a target of 113 via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

England would have hoped for early wickets to get them back in the game and they weren't forthcoming, but with Pakistan 34-0 in the seventh over of their chase the rain returned and the points were shared.

One point leaves England top of the table on seven points, with three wins from four games. They travel to Indore to take on India on Sunday.

Please find audio from Charlie Dean's post-match press conference HERE.

England's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Schedule 2025

Friday 3 October: England Women v South Africa Women, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati - England Women won by 10 wickets

Tuesday 7 October: England Women v Bangladesh Women, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati - England Women won by 4 wickets

Saturday 11 October: England Women v Sri Lanka Women, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - England Women win by 89 runs

Wednesday 15 October: England Women v Pakistan Women, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - No Result

Sunday 19 October: India Women v England Women, Holkar Stadium, Indore. 10:30BST.

Wednesday 22 October: Australia Women v England Women, Holkar Stadium, Indore. 10:30BST.

Sunday 26 October: England Women v New Zealand Women, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. 05:30GMT.

Wednesday 29 October: First Semi-Final, TBC. 09:30GMT.

Thursday 30 October: Second Semi-Final, Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. 09:30GMT.

Sunday 02 November: Final, TBC. 09:30GMT.