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England opener Amy Jones struck an unbeaten half-century, portion Tammy Beaumont and batting stalwart Heather Knight excessively made utile contributions arsenic four-time champions defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets successful a Women's World Cup match, Visakhapatnam connected Sunday (October 26, 2025).
Jones (86 not retired disconnected 92 balls, 4x11, 6x1) and Beaumont (40 runs disconnected 38 balls, 4x7) shared a 75-run opening-wicket basal successful the dormant rubber arsenic England chased down the paltry 169-run people successful 29.2 overs. Knight contributed 33.
Electing to bat, New Zealand were dismissed for 168 successful 38.2 overs.
Following the emphatic triumph successful their past league encounter, England, who are already successful the semifinals, jumped to 2nd spot connected the array with 11 points, pushing South Africa (10 points) to 3rd place. Australia are starring the charts with 13 points.
Earlier, Linsey Smith (3/30), Nat-Sciver Brunt (2/31) and Alice Capsey (2/34) were the main wicket-takers for England, portion opener Georgia Plimmer apical scored for New Zealand with 43.
Brief scores:
New Zealand 168 each retired successful 38.2 overs (Georgia Plimmer 43, Amelia Kerr 35; Linsey Smith 3/30).
England 172 for 2 successful 29.2 overs (Amy Jones 86 not out, Tammy Beaumont 40, Heather Knight 33).
