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Anya Shrubsole Scoreboard: England L. Winfield b Gayakwad 24 T. Beaumont c Goswami b Yadav 23 S. Taylor c Verma b Goswami 45 H. Knight lbw b Yadav 1 N. Sciver lbw b Goswami 51 F. Wilson lbw b Goswami 0 K. Brunt run out (Sharma) 34 J. Gunn not out 25 L. Marsh not out 14 Extras (lb3, w7, nb1) 11 Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 228 India P. Raut lbw b Shrubsole 86 S. Mandhana b Shrubsole 0 M. Raj run out (Sciver/Taylor) 17 H. Kaur c Beaumont b Hartley 51 V. Krishnamurthy c Sciver b Shrubsole 35 England S. Verma b Hartley 0 D. Sharma c Sciver b Shrubsole 14 J. Goswami b Shrubsole 0 S. Pandey run out (Shrubsole/Taylor) 4 P. Yadav not out 1 R. Gayakwad b Shrubsole 0 Extras (lb3, w7, nb1) 11 Total (all out, 48.4 overs) 219 liftLondon groundWorld where their men’s head for six. semi-final winCup over reigning Another chance went balls including four fours nya Shrubsole bowled side won an inaugural World Meanwhile India captain champions Australia. begging when Veda and a six. England to a dramatic Cup crown in 1983, slumped Mithali Raj, in what was, Kaur lofted and swept left- Krishnamurthy (10) was It was the start of a cascade Anine-run win over India in the to 219 all out. together with fellow 34-year- arm spinner Alex Hartley for dropped by England captain of wickets as panic set in. Women’s World Cup final at Pace bowler Shrubsole old Jhulan Goswami, likely two huge sixes. Heather Knight at extra Krishnamurthy made Lord’s yesterday. finished with stunning figures to be her last chance to win a Raut went to fifty in 78 cover off pace bowler Jenny a fine 35 before she holed India, set 229 to win, were of six for 46 in 9.4 overs as World Cup after being on the balls and Kaur got there in Gunn. out off Shrubsole before well on course for victory at England won a fourth World losing side in 2005, struck 80 balls. India’s target was now Goswami was yorked by 191 for three in front of a full Cup title and third on home several fine boundaries. But the duo were under a run a ball and Veda Shrubsole for a duck. hose of more than 26,000. soil, by gaining revenge for But the all-time leading separated when Kaur swept Krishnamurthy raised a fifty Shika Pandey was run out But the dismissal of opener their opening group stage loss run-scorer in women’s Harley straight to Tammy stand with Raut off just 54 before Shrusbole, after Jenny Punam Raut, who made a fine to India. one-day internationals, Beaumont at deep backward balls when she cut Shrubsole Gunn had dropped a simple 86, lbw to Shrubsole, sparked Opener Smriti Mandhana effectively ran herself out square to end a stand of 95. over point and drove her catch, ended the match a stunning collapse. -- who made 90 in that for just 17. Sarah Taylor, arguably the over mid-off for two fours in by bowling Rajeshwari Shrubsole took five wickets match -- was bowled for a Her exit brought in the best wicket-keeper in the as many balls. Gayakwad for a duck as for 11 runs in 19 deliveries duck by Shrubsole. big-hitting Harmanpreet women’s game, then missed Raut’s fine innings England won yet another as India, bidding for a first But fellow opener Raut Kaur, whose stunning 171 a chance to stump Raut, on ended when she was lbw to close game this World Cup. World Cup title on the hit Shrubsole back over her not out had set up India’s 65 off spinner Laura Marsh. Shrubsole, having faced 115 (AFP)
England players pose with the trophy
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