By Matt Thacker

It was a repeat performance from England at Northampton on Friday night as they batted first, struggled to post a par score and then set their spinners loose to defend a target against a disappointing Pakistan, who again came up over 50 runs short.
Last Saturday at a raucous Edgbaston, three innings of between 30 and 50 had propelled a faltering batting unit as Heather Knight, Amy Jones and Danielle Gibson dug their side out of an 11 for 4 shaped hole to post 163 before Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean – all three in the top five of the ICC T20I bowling ran...