England lose to Australia in T20 World Cup warm-up

T20 World Cup warm-up, Dubai

Australia 162-6 (20 overs): Mooney 50 (30); Bell 2-29

England 129 (19.4 overs): Capsey 40 (34); McGrath 3-18

Australia won by 33 runs

Scorecard (external), external

England were convincingly beaten by defending champions Australia successful their first T20 World Cup warm-up successful Dubai.

Heather Knight's broadside started good successful pursuit of 163 to win, but slumped from 90-2 to 105-8 successful nan abstraction of 5 overs.

Alice Capsey top-scored pinch 40 from 34 balls but was nan only England batter to walk 20 arsenic they were bowled retired for 129 successful 19.4 overs, to suffer by 33 runs.

The World Cup starts connected Thursday pinch Bangladesh taking connected tourney debutants Scotland, while England's first crippled is against Bangladesh connected Saturday, 5 October.

Australia's 162-6 was group up by opener Beth Mooney's 50 from 30 balls while powerful all-rounders Tahlia McGrath and Ash Gardner added cameos of 31 and 21 respectively.

England's only frontline seamer Lauren Bell was nan prime of nan bowlers pinch 2-29, pinch a wicket apiece for Nat Sciver-Brunt and spinners Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn and Charlie Dean.

Openers Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt started positively by adding 30 successful 3 overs earlier nan erstwhile was dismissed by speedy Darcie Brown for 17 and Wyatt was bowled by spinner Sophie Molineux 2 overs later for seven.

Capsey struck 5 fours successful her fierce sound earlier she top-edged a reverse expanse disconnected Molineux to spark nan collapse, pinch nan spinner finishing pinch 2-27 and McGrath taking 3-18 arsenic England's mediate bid grounded to support up pinch nan mounting run-rate.

In Sunday's different warm-up matches, India hit West Indies by 20 runs, and past year's finalists South Africa suffered an eight-wicket thrashing by New Zealand aft being bowled retired for conscionable 92.

The tourney was scheduled to return spot successful Bangladesh but was moved to nan United Arab Emirates astatine nan extremity of August because of civilian unrest successful nan country.