2 hours ago T20 World Cup, Group 2
England 186-7 (20 overs): Wyatt-Hodge 65 (42), Knight 43 (26)
West Indies 148-5 (20 overs): Henry 51* (30); Dean 2-31
England won by 38 runs
England eased into the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a crippled to spare by comfortably beating West Indies by 38 runs astatine Lord's.
Amid sweltering conditions successful London, England impressively built a people of 186-7 with Danni Wyatt-Hodge making 65 and Heather Knight 43.
That was the highest people successful women's T20s astatine Lord's and England snuffed retired immoderate accidental of the Windies pulling disconnected the chase.
Windies skipper Hayley Matthews was aggrieved to beryllium fixed retired caught down connected reappraisal successful the 4th implicit and England's stand-in skipper Charlie Dean had Deandra Dottin good caught astatine long-on by Alice Capsey astatine the extremity of the sixth.
Thereafter, and with the crippled agelong decided, England dropped six chances, 5 of which were tough, successful the backmost fractional of West Indies' innings to blot their copybook somewhat. It meant West Indies limped connected to 148-5.
Still, England's progression to the past 4 is assured earlier Saturday's last radical crippled against New Zealand. They are besides connected a six-match winning run.
It is inactive to beryllium confirmed who England volition play, oregon whether they volition play successful Tuesday's archetypal semi-final oregon the 2nd connected Thursday, but South Africa oregon India presently appears astir likely.
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