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England eves defeated their West Indian counterparts in a thriller of a chase at Dharamsala's HPCA Stadium to inch closer to the semi-finals in the Women's World T20 Group 'B' match on Thursday.

16-year-old Shafali Verma on Sunday scripted history as she became the youngest player ever (female or male) to play the World Cup finals across both 20-over and 50-over formats.

The Indian women's team blew away a position of strength, losing to West Indies by three runs in their last league match. The defeat also meant the Indian women crashed out of the tournament and their West Indian counterparts progressed to the semifinals. Allrounder Deandra Dottin starred for the Windies with both bat and ball. She scored a quickfire 45 (off 40b; 5x4) and followed it up with a match-winning spell, picking up 316.

New Zealand women will start favourite against the erratic West Indians when the two sides fight it out in the second semifinal of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 here Thursday.

West Indies rallied to eke out a narrow four-run win over Pakistan in a close Group B match of the ICC Women's World T20 on Wednesday.

India women fell short by three runs which means we have seen the last of them in this edition of the World T20.

England overcame a mighty scare due to a batting collapse to eventually eke out a hard-fought one-wicket win over West Indies in a last-ball thriller of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 on Thursday.

India find themselves in a do-or-die situation as they take on formidable West Indies in a group match of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 at the IS Bindra stadium on Sunday.