Summary

  • England beat India by four runs to reach semi-finals

  • India needed 66 off 66 balls but England fight back to stay unbeaten

  • Sciver-Brunt pick of bowlers with 2-47, while Smith takes 1-40

  • Knight, on her 300th international appearance, makes superb 109 off 91 balls to steer England to 288-8

  • England lost 3-8 in 14-ball spell to go from 249-3 to 257-6 as Dunkley, Lamb and Capsey struggle again

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sport commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

Mike Peter, Elizabeth Botcherby and Maisie Gallen

  1. Eng 252-4

    Emma Lamb, who has a top score of 13 from three innings in this tournament, comes to the crease with just over five overs left in the innings.

    The two batters take three singles off the remainder of the over.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Heather Knight is walking off - I wasn't entirely sure the wicketkeeper had taken that cleanly.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Knight run out 109 (Eng 249-4)

    Knight run out as brilliant 108-run inning comes to an end

    But now Heather Knight departs!

    She pulls out to the mid-wicket boundary, where Amanjot Kaur blocks the boundary and recovers to nail a throw over the stumps.

    Knight comes back for a second run but is beaten by the superb bit of fielding from Amanjot, with Richa Ghosh taking off the bails having gathered over the wicket.

  4. How's stat?!

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Deepti Sharma's drop of Heather Knight wasn't a rare one for India. So far in this tournament they've taken just 64% of their catching opportunities - only Bangladesh have been worse.

  5. Eng 246-3

    Another four straight away for Heather Knight.

    She cuts Shree Charani away through backward point.

  6. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Heather Knight's fitness is so impressive considering she has come back from injury. A superb innings from her.

  7. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    : Heather Knight of EnglandGetty Images

    A wonderful knock from the former skipper. Heather Knight has been made to work for these runs.

  8. 100 runs

    100 for Heather Knight

    Eng 239-3

    'It's been a wonderful knock!' - Knight reaches century with four

    Edged to the boundary - that's Heather Knight's century!

    The former England captain, who returned to the side for this tournament after missing the summer with injury, clips Shree Charani's delivery through an empty slip region for a 14th four.

    Her hundred comes off 86 balls - her first 50 come from 54 deliveries.

  9. Eng 234-3

    Slapped away.

    Renuka Singh sets up for a slower ball and Heather Knight reads it well, stepping across her stumps early and slapping it past two fielders for four through the covers.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That would have been a terrific catch but technically it is a drop. Deepti Sharma could have had a cracker.

  11. dropped catch

    Knight dropped on 91

    Eng 227-3

    Sharma drops Knight at short fine leg on 91

    Tough chance, put down!

    Heather Knight sweeps Renuka Singh's first delivery to short fine leg, where a diving Deepti Sharma can't hold on.

    Knight takes a single to move to 92.

  12. Barbara George
    BBC Newsbeat at Women's Cricket Society in Birmingham

    Ruby and Dani

    Dani and Ruby are backing England all they way and believe England have this in the bag.

    “It’s going pretty well. Knight and Brunt had a steady partnership and they are looking to accelerate in the last overs so hopefully we get to a decent score," said 22-year-old Dani.

    Ruby, who is 19, added: “Knight batting really well especially since the last wicket. Doing well to hold it together. They have what it takes to win.”

  13. Eng 226-3

    There's four.

    Sophia Dunkley gets a thick edge on Deepti Sharma's delivery, sending the ball away through an empty cordon.

  14. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Heather Knight is the key now. She has been playing so proactively against the spinners whereas Sophia Dunkley finds it hard to start her innings against spin.

  15. Eng 218-3

    Still no boundaries since Nat Sciver-Brunt's dismissal, with four singles from Shree Charani's seventh over.

  16. Barbara George
    BBC Newsbeat

    Tilda

    Tilda, 18, has been speaking to me about how important this game is for India at the Women's Cricket Society in Birmingham.

    “They have had two loses in a row – this game is really important to them. They have a really good history against us. I think if they win this game they will feel the momentum is with them going into the knockout stages of the tournament.”

  17. Eng 214-3

    Deepti Sharma changes end and her seventh over goes for three singles as England begin their rebuilt after Nat Sciver-Brunt's wicket.

    They have taken 77 runs off the last 10 overs.

  18. Eng 211-3

    Sophia Dunkley comes to the crease, and knocks Shree Charani's last ball towards backward square.

    No run there.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    India can celebrate. It is a rare celebration however as this partnership has done an awful lot of damage.

  20. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    A very big time for India to take a wicket. These two batters were well set.

    It was a brilliant catch from Harmanpreet Kaur, plucked over her head.