10.13pm So, that's the end of that for now. England are through, along with South Africa, who play West Indies in their final group match. Win that, and they are guaranteed to qualify in top spot. Who they face in the semi-finals, all will be revealed in the coming days. From myself and Valkerie, who is bashing out the match report, goodnight!
Heather Knight: "We knew it was going to be a slow wicket, we knew we'd have to be clever, keep it simple, and that's what we did today. Amy's had a few low scores so we wanted to change something, and she showed amazing character in her innings. Mady came in because of the conditions, she put in a really good performance. We'll have to sit down and look at the best line-up for the semi-finals. We knew we'd have to win, we've been playing knock-out cricket since the second game."
Anisa Mohammed speaks in the absence of their injured captain Stafanie Taylor. "One of the things we needed to do right was the fielding, and our energy was good. But I think they got away in the last five overs. One of the things we need to work on is running between the wickets. We are really disappointed, we wanted to go through but it wasn't to be this year."
Nat Sciver is Player of the Match: "It's going nicely, a bit of a different innings today, a bit slower than the wickets we've played on, we knew if we ran well and had a batter in at the end it would be easier to get the boundaries. Danni Wyatt's a great runner. There was a game before us and the score was similar, we had to bat smart."
10pm Smiles all round from England. They've regrouped very well after their shock loss to South Africa in their tournament opener. Nat Sciver was the mainstay in a very professionally compiled total of 143, before the spinners once more soared to the fore, with Sophie Ecclestone's 3 for 7 the outstanding contribution. India, or the winner of tomorrow's massive showdown between Australia and New Zealand, awaits...
Raj Melgandi: "Running between the wickets and the art of rotating strike makes the difference between AUS/ENG and rest teams ."
Calitha: "Well, I think that's England's spin bowlers sorted for the next decade or so." Can't argue with that ... Ecclesone, Glenn and Villiers have a combined age of 61!
A Mohammed b Ecclestone 5 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66
END OF OVER:17 | 13 Runs 2 Wkts | WI-W: 97/8 (47 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.70, RRR: 15.66)
- Anisa Mohammed5 (2b)
- Shakera Selman0 (0b)
- Mady Villiers4-1-30-1
- Sophie Ecclestone3-1-7-2
Taylor won't bat again, so just the one more wicket. A hat-trick of run-outs anyone?
AA Alleyne run out 10 (7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 142.85
Anisa Mohammad enters the fray
Abhijato: "Sent in a prediction at the start of the innings saying England will win. They indeed are going to. Looking forward to seeing them in the knockouts, they tend to turn into a different team under pressure ..." Until they face Australia, of course...
ASS Fletcher run out 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00