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Four-time champion England has been a unit to reckon with successful the 50-over showpiece, missing retired connected the knockouts lone erstwhile successful the tournament’s 13-edition history.
For skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, who has been astatine the helm of a transitioning broadside with caller manager Charlotte Edwards, this tally reinforces content successful the processes being acceptable successful place.
“We started the tourney unsure of wherever we were compared to the different teams successful the world. But we ever wanted to travel here, effort and win, careless of wherever we are successful our journey,” she said up of the semifinal against South Africa astatine the ACA Stadium present connected Wednesday.
Great achievement
“We’ve made it to the knockouts and finished 2nd connected the table, which is simply a large accomplishment successful itself. Knockout games are a existent privilege to beryllium a portion of, and to find ourselves present truthful aboriginal successful our tenure is special.”
She dismissed immoderate suggestions of taking South Africa lightly aft beating the second by 10 wickets earlier successful the tournament.
“South Africa has had immoderate superb games since past and is simply a unsafe side. You ne'er presume you are going to instrumentality 10 wickets truthful rapidly successful a match.”
Sciver-Brunt volition person her parents and siblings successful attendance to cheer her connected arsenic she hopes to transportation England to its eighth final.
“For the competition, it would beryllium superb if India got to the final, conscionable to consciousness that atmosphere. It’s evidently going to beryllium a monolithic mates of games.”
