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especially with saha. selhurst park is always a difficult place to go, and it is a final for us. england s hopes of defending their women s world cup title is on the verge of being over after losing a third successive match at the tournament. they were beaten by south africa earlier today. england batted first and made 235 from their 50 over, amyjones top scoring with 53. but it wasn t enough. laura wolvaardt hit 77 to put south africa in control, and they reached the target with four balls to spare and three wickets in hand. defeat means england are not yet out but will need to win all of their remaining four matches and hope other results go their way to reach the semi finals. the players are pretty gutted, and they were gutted after the last match and wanted to bounce back and
wicketkeeper amyjones said salvaging the defence of their crown would give them the chance to do something incredible after three losses from three. they have to win all remaining matches to have any hope of making the semi finals starting with india in the early hours tomorrow morning. absolutely, we can turn it around. i think we have had really close games. there s a lot we can improve on and, yeah, i think considering the losses, the mood is not too bad, so hopefully we can bring that positivity the next game. we have the opportunity to do something incredible now. our backs are up against the wall, as you say, so i think, yes, we have all the motivation we need. henrik stenson is europe s new ryder cup captain for the tournament which takes place in rome next year. the swede, who was part of three winning sides for europe against the us, will attempt to regain the trophy from their opponents, after america s record win last year at whistling straits. stenson, who was vice capt
operations well into her 90s. clearly, we don t know whether the queen s doctors will be considering any intervention of that sort but certainly, the queen will be hoping to be here at westminster abbey for the service of thanksgiving for the duke of edinburgh on march the 29th. cricket and england s women have suffered another defeat in their defence of the world cup. they set south africa 236 to win and went down by three wickets with four balls to spare. england will need to win all of their four remaining matches and hope other results go their way to get to the semifinals. jo currie reports. down and now possibly out of the world cup, england s dreams of defending their trophy almost over. one of their biggest problems of late has been inconsistent batting, and once again, that was their downfall. she s held on. as early wicket after early wicket fell. tammy beaumont, though, dug in as did amyjones, both reaching half centuries. but with no other notable knocks, england set so
hello there and welcome to the programme. it s becoming a bit of a nightmare in new zealand, for the women s world cup holders england. it s now three losses in three for them following defeat to south africa. england can still qualify for the semi finals, but the defending champions have to win all their remaining matches and hope results elsewhere go their way. jo currie reports. down and now possibly out of the world cup. england s dreams of defending their trophy almost over. one of their biggest problems of late has been inconsistent batting, and once again that was their downfall. as early wickets offered downfall. as early wickets offered down after early wickets fell. tammy beaumont s, though, dug in, as did amyjones, both reaching half century. but with no other notable