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England reach into women T20 World Cup semis

Monday, June 15, 2009 LONDON: England restricted Sri Lanka's run chase to 69-8 as they comfortably won their World Twenty20 encounter to reach the semi-finals of the competition.Claire Taylor hit an undefeated 75 as England posted 140-7. Isa Guha returned figures of 2-4 with two maidens from her four overs as Sri Lanka fell 72 runs short of victory. Australia restricted West Indies to 135-8 before Shelley Nitschke hit 58 as her team won by eight wickets. Deandra Dottin struck 53 off just 25 deliveries at the top of the innings for the West Indies, with nine fours in her belligerent knock.But Sarah Andrews and Lisa Sthalekar both took two wickets as Australia ensured they had a manageable target to chase. And after Nitschke fell with the score on 83, Rene Farrell and Sthaleker saw the Australian team home, with both woman scoring undefeated 30s. The result also means that unbeaten New Zealand are guaranteed to reach the semi-finals.

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