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West Indies beat England by four wickets to stay top of Group A
BBC Sport – England will play India in the Women’s World Twenty20 semi-finals after a narrow defeat in their final Group A game against West Indies in St Lucia.
After losing six wickets in the first 10 overs, England posted 115-8 thanks to an excellent partnership between Anya Shrubsole and Sophia Dunkley.
Deandra Dottin’s 46 off 52 balls included four sixes. (Getty Images)
Shrubsole took two wickets in her first over, but Deandra Dottin and Shemaine Campbelle steadied the hosts.
The defending champions won with three balls to spare and face Australia next.
Both semi-finals will take place on Thursday, with the West Indies match starting at 20:00 GMT and England’s beginning about four hours later.
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England were put in to bat by the hosts and were quickly in trouble when Danni Wyatt was caught behind off Shakera Selman in the first over.
They stuttered to 50-6 off 10 overs, but after Britney Cooper’s brilliant run-out dismissed Lauren Winfield for a duck, Shrubsole and Dunkley moved England towards a competitive total with a seventh-wicket stand of 58.
Both batters hit a six apiece, with Shrubsole falling to the final ball of the innings when Dottin pulled off an outstanding catch diving to her right.
Shrubsole’s excellent form continued when she took the ball for the second over of the West Indies reply, bowling Hayley Matthews with her first delivery and Stafanie Taylor with her fourth.
Shrubsole’s hat-trick had inspired England to victory over South Africa in their third match, but this time Dottin calmed their opponents by hitting 46.
Left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon tied down and then dismissed Dottin, but Campbelle picked up the scoring rate to take West Indies near to victory, and was missed by Dunkley off a steepling chance in the penultimate over.
It was a frantic finish at the Darren Sammy Stadium, with substitute Fran Wilson allowing a catching chance to go through her hands and then for four, and keeper Amy Jones also dropping a skier – although in the aftermath Cooper was run out by an alert Winfield.
Shrubsole stepped up for the final over with five needed by the West Indies, but after dismissing Campbelle for 45, she saw her next delivery sent to the point boundary by Kycia Knight to give the hosts victory with three balls to spare.
Scores: ENGLAND 115 for eight off 20 overs (Sophia Dunkley 35, Anya Shrubsole 29, Tamsin Beaumont 23; Shakera Selman 2-15, Deandra Dottin 2-21).
WEST INDIES 117 for six off 19.3 overs (Deandra Dottin 46, Shemaine Campbelle 45; Anya Shrubsole 3-10).
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