Katie Jones starred with the gloves and the bat as England beat Pakistan for their first win of the World Cup.Pakistan built to 18 without loss having been put into bat, but the wickets fell steadily from there despite Zoofishan Ayyaz’s best efforts.

Amu Surenkumar took three wickets for 17 but the star of the show was wicketkeeper Jones with three stumpings, one catch and a run out as she proved a constant threat.

Pakistan were bowled out for 66 and Davina Perrin started the chase strongly, scoring two fours in the first over before being dropped on eight.Perrin had to go for 10 and England continued to give Pakistan easy catching chances as they were reduced to 19 for three.The combination of Abigale Norgrove and Jones steadied the ship for England with Jones fittingly hitting the winning six to claim the victory.

England v Pakistan – Dato’ Dr. Harjit Singh Johor Cricket Academy (JCA) Oval, Johor, Malaysia

Pakistan 66 all out in 18.5 overs (Zoofishan Ayyaz 15, Komal Khan 12; Amuruthaa Surnekumar 3/17, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 2/2)

England 67/4 in 9.2 overs (Katie Jones 20 not out, Abigale Norgrove 14 all out; Mahnoor Zeb 2/23, Fatima Khan 1/12)

Result: England won by six wickets