Women's Cricket World Cup: England unable to make final

England's defence of the Women's World Cup is over after West Indies booked their place in the final with a shock eight-run win over Australia in Mumbai.

A West Indies defeat would have given England the chance to reach the final by beating New Zealand on Wednesday.

Super Six table

	Won	Lost	NRR	Pos
West Indies	4	1	+0.941	8
Australia	4	1	+0.714	8
England	2	2	+1.079	4
New Zealand	2	2	+0.952	4
South Africa	1	4	-1.131	2
Sri Lanka	1	4	-2.477	2

*before England's game with New Zealand, which was ongoing when the other two games finished

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But the Australians, who had already reached the final, lost four wickets for 10 runs and were all out for 156.

The win puts the West Indies into their first World Cup final and renders England's current game meaningless.
Before Wednesday's round of matches, England, captained by Charlotte Edwards, had lost two games in the tournament, the same number as West Indies.
The defending champions began with a shock reverse against Sri Lanka and then suffered a two-run defeat by Australia in their opening Super Six match.
The loss to Australia left England needing other results to go their way, but a crushing victory over South Africa, coupled with New Zealand's loss to West Indies, boosted their cause.
Australia looked to be heading for victory against West Indies, only for the Caribbean side to hit back and end England's hopes.
England will now play off for third place against New Zealand on Frida

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