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England Have already booked their place in the World Cup semi-finals tammy beaumont Is hoping to take advantage of one last chance to gain momentum for the business end of the tournament.
sunday game a new zealand The side that has already been eliminated may have the feeling of a dead rubber after losing its last game to the favorite team AustraliaIt also represents a chance to gain some confidence before facing South Africa In the final four.
A six-wicket defeat to their Ashes rivals, who chased successfully with almost 10 overs to spare, acted as a draw for a team that qualified with minimal fuss and leaves a chance to erase the taste of defeat.
Will seeing a talented New Zealand in Visakhapatnam give England a chance to go into the semi-final against South Africa with their heads held high?
“It’s about looking at the bigger picture and achieving personal glory,” Beaumont said.
“I don’t think we have performed the full 100 overs that we wanted to in recent games and that is something we will highlight and apply our own professional standards.
“We are incredibly motivated to continue to perform and work hard, just because we have already qualified it is no different. We know how good New Zealand is and we want to build that momentum back going into the semi-finals.”
Getting out of the group stage was seen as the minimum requirement for England when the competition began but the team has shied away from the idea.
- Beat South Africa by 10 wickets
- Beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets
- Beat Sri Lanka by 89 runs
- no result vs pakistan
- Defeated India by 4 runs
- Lost to Australia by 6 wickets
“We’ve never put a label on it, we’ve never put any expectations on ourselves,” Beaumont said.
“We’ve talked about our processes and how we want to play our game. We’ve talked a lot about writing our story and I think we’re allowing everyone else to decide what’s acceptable for this team to accomplish.
“For us, if that means a semi-final or a final, we’ll be proud of what we’ve done but we’re definitely not done yet.”
Only two of England’s 15-strong squad have been included so far, with experienced batsman Danny Wyatt-Hodge and fast bowler Lauren Filer both expected to get their first chances.