{"id":226518,"date":"2025-10-20T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226518\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:09:11","slug":"england-silence-india-to-join-aussies-in-world-cup-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226518\/","title":{"rendered":"England silence India to join Aussies in World Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heather Knight’s century and some nerveless death bowling helped England to a narrow four-run win to leave India in danger of missing the final four<\/p>\n

England have joined holders Australia in the World Cup semi-finals after keeping their nerve to beat India by four runs in Indore.<\/p>\n

Chasing a winning target of 289, tournament co-host India were on course for victory for much of their innings on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 88, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur hit a run-a-ball 70.<\/p>\n

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt picked up 2-47 in eight overs, while left-arm spinner Linsey Smith bowled a tight spell \u00a0– 1-40 in 10 overs, including Mandhana’s vital wicket – as England applied the brakes to pull off a stunning win.<\/p>\n

India finished with 6-284 in 50 overs in front of a shocked home crowd at the Holkar Stadium. It was their third straight loss in the tournament.<\/p>\n

It all came after England had opted to bat and put on 8-288 in their 50 overs, thanks to Heather Knight’s 109 off 91 balls.<\/p>\n

Player of the match Knight, who was playing her 300th international, said: “I got myself in and put down the accelerator. It felt like we needed 300 on that pitch but it was frustrating to not get there in the end.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I was desperate to put in a statement performance for my 300th and I am pleased to do that.”<\/p>\n

England have joined defending champions Australia and South Africa in the semi-finals with a fourth win in five games. They are unbeaten in the tournament and climbed to second place in the points table.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The four-time champions next play leaders Australia on Wednesday at the same venue.<\/p>\n

India remain fourth with four points from five games but now need a massive turn-around in form against New Zealand (Thursday) and Bangladesh (Sunday) in their final two games at Navi Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Co-host Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh, also at Navi Mumbai, on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The semi-finals will be played on October 29 and 30, with the final on November 2.<\/p>\n

All ICC Cricket World Cup matches to be broadcast exclusively live and free on Prime Video<\/a>. <\/p>\n

2025 Women’s ODI World Cup standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n

M<\/p>\n

\n Wins\n <\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

\n Losses\n <\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

\n Ties\n <\/p>\n

T<\/p>\n

\n No results\n <\/p>\n

N\/R<\/p>\n

\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n

NRR<\/p>\n

\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n

Ded.<\/p>\n

\n Total points\n <\/p>\n

PTS<\/p>\n

1
\n \"Australia
\n Australia Women
\n AUS<\/p>\n

5
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 1.818
\n 0
\n 9<\/p>\n

2
\n \"England
\n England Women
\n ENG<\/p>\n

5
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 1.49
\n 0
\n 9<\/p>\n

3
\n \"South
\n South Africa Women
\n SA<\/p>\n

5
\n 4
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.44
\n 0
\n 8<\/p>\n

4
\n \"India
\n India Women
\n IND<\/p>\n

5
\n 2
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.526
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n

5
\n \"New
\n New Zealand Women
\n NZ<\/p>\n

5
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 2
\n -0.245
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n

6
\n \"Bangladesh
\n Bangladesh Women
\n BAN<\/p>\n

5
\n 1
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.676
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n

7
\n \"Sri
\n Sri Lanka Women
\n SL<\/p>\n

5
\n 0
\n 3
\n 0
\n 2
\n -1.564
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n

8
\n \"Pakistan
\n Pakistan Women
\n PAK<\/p>\n

5
\n 0
\n 3
\n 0
\n 2
\n -1.887
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

T: Ties<\/p>\n

N\/R: No results<\/p>\n

NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n

Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n

PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heather Knight’s century and some nerveless death bowling helped England to a narrow four-run win to leave India…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-226518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}