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The news came out yesterday that England aim to double the World Cup winners' salary from 2017 by 2021.

Clare Connor on TMS: "It's very hard to say what the effect on performance is paying players more. We won a World Cup in Australia in 2009 when we weren't paying players. But it's important that they're one of the best-paid female sports teams in this country, as young girls can see this as a career path. It doesn't happen overnight - there isn't a massive pot of money just because we won a World Cup.

"It has to be very carefully thought out, so it's the right number of games, the right number of players, and that players are remunerated. It's my aspiration that by 2024 or 2025 that we do have a professional domestic structure, and I think that's achievable - we'll see. It would be nice to say to Mark Robinson 'here's 100 pros you can pick from'."

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Clare Connor on TMS:"When you think of the world's best sports teams - the All Blacks rugby, the German football team, the Australian cricket team of the 90s, it's about winning after winning.

"At the moment, we've outgrown the current domestic county structure with 36 teams. We have to accept that Australia are two or three years ahead of us in this area. We're looking towards eventually a fully paid, fully professional women's domestic structure to underpin the national side. I think Mark Robinson the coach said we have 20 pros, Australia have 90-100. That's how we will continue to win global events - not just one."

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Have you watched the World Cup final back again?

Clare Connor on TMS:"Several times! You dream of a day like the World Cup final, but I didn't think it would turn out as it is. To see people filling the ground, stand next to 105-year-old Eileen Ash ringing the bell, to hear how Heather Knight was welling up at the national anthem... it gives me and others expectation that we can take the next step.

"What really makes me well up is when Anya takes the last wicket, they all run together and the emotion gets to Katherine Brunt - she can't really join the group as she's down on her haunches with her head in her hands. I played alongside Katherine when she made her debut back in the amateur days, she's from a huge family and to see that reaction left me speechless."

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What did it mean to you to have three Wisden Cricketers of the Year, and Anya Shrubsole on the cover?

Clare Connor on TMS: "It was a symbolic moment. You only had to listen to editor Lawrence Booth - there was no tokenism there. It was a very special evening - sadly the players were out in India but the reception in the Lord's Long Room was very warm."

Anya Shrubsole was run out, but then Brunt added 51 with Laura Marsh who fell with five-and-a-half overs left.

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How do you continue that momentum from the World Cup?

Clare Connor on TMS: "Primarily through performance. The players are excellent role models, but it's also about making sure we develop underneath, and having a focus on participation. We can't rely on the old village-green format, we've got an expanded Super League this summer and that competition has played its part in getting the players ready for the World Cup - albeit it's a different format."

Continuing our highlights - Katherine Brunt then took the attack to South Africa, although she lost Jenny Gunn just when a partnership was building.

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ECB director of women's cricket Clare Connor on TMS: "We've had a great year - lifting the World Cup was very special and provides us with a lot of inspiration. We played a very fiercely contested multi-format Ashes series, the India tour was a great opportunity to expose some of our rookie players to international cricket with no points at stake. This summer is an important next step, we've got to build on last summer."

It didn't look good for England when Natalie Sciver and Danielle Wyatt then both holed out after looking good early on...

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Stand by on TMS for Henry Moeran's chat with ECB director of women's cricket Clare Connor.

Captain Heather Knight and opener Tammy Beaumont then fell in quick succession...

Here's some highlights for you. Amy Jones got England going in the first over, before she and Sarah Taylor fell to Shabnim Ismail in short order.

Time to get our breath back after that innings which started so badly for England.

Lydia Greenway
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

England were let down by shot selection, execution and decision-making - they kept being caught in the ring trying to hit over the top. The more they play this brand of cricket, hopefully the more consistent they'll be, but it means they will find themselves in situations like they did today. Thank goodness for Katherine Brunt!

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That stand of 41 equals England's best 10th-wicket stand in ODIs - matching the unbroken 41 by Danielle Hazell and Anya Shrubsole at Centurion in 2016.

That's nearly a Dilscoop! Brunt goes for the unorthodox, flipping one over the keeper's head and they run two. The last ball of the innings - Brunt can only chop a single, and the New Road crowd rises to salute the Yorkshire pace bowler, who has scored 72 from 98 balls and dug England out of a deep hole.

Ecclestone pulls Kapp towards cow corner and they can scamper back for a second run. Another glorious drive from Ecclestone goes to long-on and they run one.

Kapp to bowl. Brunt can only guide it back to the bowler who nearly collides with Ecclestone who was backing up. She chops the second ball into the ground and they run a single to the keeper.

A leg bye rotates the strike, now what will Ecclestone do with the last ball? She hits it for four, that's what! A well-hit four through the covers rather dents Khaka's figures as she finishes with 3-42. And Brunt is on strike for the last over.

Eng 177-9published at 48.4 overs

48.4 overs

Well played, Stophie Ecclestone - she can't connect with the bat but scampers a leg bye, and Khaka's throw hits her on the back as she makes her ground at the non-striker's end. Ouch! And Brunt profits from the next ball, getting down on one knee to punch a four back past the bowler.