Heather Knight led from the entrance as England’s await a primary Girls’s World Cup victory resulted in emphatic vogue with a snug four-wicket victory over India at Mount Maunganui.
Holders England went into the sport needing a win to maintain their slim hopes of qualifying for the semi finals alive after shedding their opening three matches.
England managed to eradicate the fielding errors, which had proved pricey towards the West Indies and South Africa specifically, to bowl India out for simply 134, with Charlie Dean ending with 4 wickets in solely her second World Cup match.
Knight then steered England house with the bat as they chased down India’s below-par complete with 17 overs remaining.
Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt had been each out for only one run to go away England beginning their chase at 4 for 2 and the warning indicators had been there earlier than a resurgence from Knight and Nat Sciver.
Sciver made 45 and Knight performed a captains innings, seeing her facet over the road as she completed unbeaten on 53.
Talking after the match, Knight stated: ‘It was a little bit of reduction, we wanted that but it surely was a bit sloppy. We had been upset with our fielding was going.
‘However good to see the workforce do effectively. Our bowlers had been excellent, wasn’t a straightforward pitch to bat on however Ecclestone and Dean made it tough.
‘The pitch was sluggish, was tough and I actually needed to complete it off at this time. Congratulations to Goswami for her milestone. The cricket gods gave the impression to be on our facet. Nat was excellent, took the stress off me on a tough wicket.’
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