Britain tumble to second Women's World Cup rout as West Indies win thrill ride

Britain tumble to second Women's World Cup rout as West Indies win thrill ride

" West Indies 225-6; England 218 hard and fast (47.4 overs)

" Winless England 'battling for our lives', says Heather Knight

At 156 for eight after 35 overs, pursuing 226, England peered out for the count, yet a record 61-run 10th wicket association between Kate Cross (27) and Sophie Ecclestone (33 not out) took them distressingly close. It was the off-spinner Anisa Mohammed who at last sunk their expectations, getting her fingertips to the ball to run out Cross upholding in the 48th over, before clean bowling Anya Shrubsole three balls later to complete the task.

For West Indies, a 123-run association for the fifth wicket between Shemaine Campbelle (66) and Chedean Nation (49 not out) demonstrated vital, while Hayley Matthews - who scored a century in her side's initial game - contributed with 45 runs and the critical wickets of Heather Knight and Nat Sciver, as England were all out for 218.

Britain tumble to second Women's World Cup rout as West Indies win thrill ride

We've clearly made it precarious for ourselves however no chance are we amazing Cup yet," Knight said after the match. "We can't wait on it excessively. We must take the things that we can improve out of the game and ensure we're zeroing in on the following one.

That next game is critical to our World Cup trusts. Ideally that will hone individuals up, on the grounds that right now we're battling for our lives in this competition.

England's pursuit was brazen from the beginning, after Lauren Winfield-Hill withdrew early kindness of a fabulous catch from Deandra Dottin, plunging full stretch to her avoided to cull the ball with regards to the air at in reverse point. Matthews, presented in the tenth over, then, at that point, had Knight gotten behind after an umpire audit for a confusing showed a surprising spike on Ultra Edge, before Sciver trudged her directly to mid-on.

Britain tumble to second Women's World Cup rout as West Indies win thrill ride

Tammy Beaumont, who had been put somewhere around Mohammed at slip in single figures, tore her approach to 46 from 76 balls, yet the bowler guaranteed her vengeance in the 26th over, catching her leg-previously. Danni Wyatt (33) and Sophia Dunkley (38) joined for a 60-run organization however when both fell inside three wads of one another, it was passed on to the tail-enders to scrap it out.

We back our tail," Knight said. "Sophie [Ecclestone] has buckled down on her batting. It felt exceptionally quiet, they kept it extremely basic and just attempted to tick off the aggregate. The manner in which they played was extraordinary and showed genuine battle.

Matthews miscued a catch to third man in the 21st over, while four balls later the chief, Stafanie Taylor, edged behind for a duck to a splendid ball that turned a mile.

Britain tumble to second Women's World Cup rout as West Indies win thrill ride

In between times, Dottin (31) succumbed to a sharp piece of handling from Wyatt, who ran in from cover to toss down the stumps at the striker's end and ran out the Barbadian. Wyatt followed that up with a decent catch at cover, to hand Ecclestone her third.

Shrubsole putting Campbelle down two times at diminutive third man, while Amy Jones bumbled a run out.

We battled to take wickets," Knight conceded. "We were sure about our arrangements and we simply didn't exactly execute on occasion.

It followed three before chances that had gone asking: Matthews was dropped two times, on five and 33, while England lost the opportunity to see off Dottin on the absolute first wad of the innings when Winfield-Hill shelled a main edge at cover. Having dealt with the ball like a hot potato, England will lament what might have been, as they gaze intently at the barrel going into their next match against South Africa on Monday.