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A day of persistent rain in Sydney saw England knocked out of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup at the semi-final stage.
With no reserve day in the tournament playing conditions the rules dictate group-winners progress to the final in the event of an abandoned game, and with India having topped Group A they travel to Melbourne to take part in Sunday's final.
It was a bitterly disappointing way
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England Women beat West Indies by 46 runs in Sydney to secure qualification for the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
Nat Sciver batted brilliantly on a tired and slow wicket to make 57 - her third fifty of the tournament - and some excellent late striking from Amy Jones and Katherine Brunt took England to 143/5.
It's a venue at which India comfortably defended 132
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A half-century from Heather Knight and three wickets from Sarah Glenn took England to a comfortable victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
Knight continued her remarkable form in Canberra, scoring 62 to add another half-century to her last four innings in the Australian capital, which now include three half-centuries and a hundred.
Defending 158, England's bow
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Captain Heather Knight scored an unbeaten hundred as England Women beat Thailand to return to winning ways in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Knight’s 108 saw her become the first English cricketer – male or female – to score hundreds in Test, ODI and IT20 cricket.
The 169 she put on with Nat Sciver is also England’s highest partnership in women’s IT20 cricket. To add to a day
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South Africa beat England by six wickets in the final over of their ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener in Perth.
England fought hard with the ball to take it down to the wire after Nat Sciver's 50 had led them to 123/8 and given them a sniff at the interval, but Mignon Du Preez and Sune Luus got their side over the line.
Heather Knight's team would have felt below par with the b
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England Women's final preparations for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup were dealt a surprising blow in Adelaide with a 10-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
Heather Knight won the toss and batted first but her team - with a slightly rejigged order - never got going, losing regular wickets to Sri Lanka's spinners and reaching just 122/9 from their 20 overs.
Early wickets were the key to
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England Women beat New Zealand by six wickets in their first official warm-up game ahead of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
On a good wicket it was England's bowlers who put them in a position to win the game, restricting New Zealand to just 134/9. Katherine Brunt got England off to a flyer with the dismissal of the dangerous Sophie Devine after just three balls and Anya Shrubsole
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Amy Jones found form as England Women ended their CommBank Tri-Series campaign with a consolation victory over Cricket Australia XI.
Having exited the tournament on net run-rate earlier in the week, with all three teams tied on two wins and two losses apiece, Lisa Keightley's side were faced with something of a third/fourth-place play-off, useful primarily for more miles in the l
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Australia won the final IT20 of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series to see England eliminated on net run-rate.
At the half-way stage England would have been confident of success after an impressive bowling performance restricted the hosts to 132/7, but Australia's spinners utilised a slow, used track very well to win by 16 runs.
Defeat means Heather Knight's side will not participate
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Three wickets for Anya Shrubsole and a half-century for Nat Sciver guided England Women to a four-wicket win over India in their third game of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series.
Shrubsole - back into the side after missing the last game through an injury to her foot - led a disciplined bowling effort that pegged India back after a quick start and saw them finish on 123/6.
In reply,
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England Women beat Australia in a Super Over in Canberra to get their first win of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series and their first under new Head Coach Lisa Keightley.
Captain Heather Knight was the hero, recording her second career-best performance in two days - rescuing her side from 39/3 with an excellent 45-ball 78.
She was given great company by Fran Wilson who batted b
