England power their way to third win of Women's T20 World Cup

England's middle-order batters flexed their big-hitting muscles as Charlotte Dean's team became the first to post a 200-run total for the second time in a single T20 World Cup.

Sophia Dunkley rode her luck as Scotland dropped her thrice en route to a 37-ball 57. The quartet of Alice Capsey (40 off 25), Heather Knight (25 off 19), Freya Kemp (39* off 16), and Danielle Gibson (30* off 11) made 200 a possibility. Scotland showed some promise in the chase but fell short by 38 runs.

Kirstie Gordon dismissed Amy Jones on the first ball, but Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge lit up the Powerplay. Dunkley brought most of the pyrotechnics, hitting Kathryn Bryce for a six in the third over and then laying into Gabriella Fontella with a flurry of fours. She hit three fours off Katherine Fraser in the sixth over, taking England to 51/1 after 6 overs. Wyatt-Hodge scored just seven while Dunkley got to 43 off 25. Scotland's fielding discipline wavered as they dropped Dunkley thrice.

Gordon struck again to remove Wyatt-Hodge, but that brought Dunkley and Capsey together. In the 9th over, Dunkley reached her first World Cup fifty while Capsey rounded it off with two boundaries. The duo took England to 91/2 at the halfway stage. Kathryn Bryce ended Dunkley's knock in the 11th over, and Capsey fell in the 14th.

Kemp arrived with the agenda of pushing up the scoring rate. She and Knight took three fours off Fraser in the 15th over, as England reached 130/4 heading into the death overs. They added 70 more, with 59 coming in the last 18 deliveries. Kemp flayed Bryce for two fours and two sixes in a 20-run over, while Gibson laid into Gordon in the 19th for 21 runs. Gibson then hit four boundaries off Priyanaz Chatterji in the final over to take the team to exactly 200.

Scotland didn't let the death-overs surge sway their intentions as they flew through the Powerplay via Darcey Carter and Katherine Fraser. Charlie Dean took out Fraser in the fourth over, but Scotland finished their Powerplay with one more run than England managed. Sophie Ecclestone started the post-Powerplay period with the dismissal of Kathryn Bryce, who became her 150th T20I wicket. In her next over, she cleaned up Carter.

Sarah Bryce looked to give Scotland a lift as she went after Dean in the 11th over, but Gibson struck in the following over to dismiss Megan McColl. At 92/4 in the 12th over, Scotland slumped to 115/6 in the 15th. But Gordon and Pippa Sproul threw their bats around at the death, adding 47 off 33 to take Scotland to 162/7.

Brief Scores: England Women 200/5 in 20 overs (Sophia Dunkley 57, Alice Capsey 40, Freya Kemp 39*, Danielle Gibson 30*; Kirstie Gordon 2-30) beat Scotland Women 162/7 in 20 overs (Sarah Bryce 34; Sophie Ecclestone 2-23) by 38 runs.