Danni Wyatt-Hodge knows England have more to give after powering into last four

Danni Wyatt-Hodge was delighted to power England into the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals with 65 in an emphatic victory over West Indies at Lord’s but acknowledged improvements are required.Charlotte Edwards watched England make it four from four in their home tournament after they posted 186 for seven in London with in-form Wyatt-Hodge able to hit eight fours in a fine 42-ball innings before she was left short by a quick call for a single by Heather Knight.Knight made amends with 43 during a chaotic end to England’s innings with two run-outs, but once they had removed the dangerous Hayley Matthews for 14 in contentious fashion, West Indies were unable to recover and were restricted to 148 for five to lose by 38 runs.

A fourth consecutive World Cup victory for England ahead of Saturday’s final group fixture with New Zealand has secured a last-four berth and top spot in Group B, which will mean no semi-final meeting with Group A leaders and six-time T20 champions Australia.open image in galleryEngland sealed top spot (Ben Whitley/PA) (PA Wire)“It’s T20, you have to come out be brave and show intent. Yeah, it was my night,” Wyatt-Hodge said after they played in temperatures of 32 degrees in London.

“Yeah, that was the hottest I have ever played in England. It was very close to back in Dubai a couple of years ago, it was very dry heat, but I really enjoyed myself out there.“I thought the girls batted really well to get that total.

It is always a little bit tricky to bat here at Lord’s, but I thought we came out all guns blazing and everyone contributed.”England were far from flawless with Wyatt-Hodge run-out by Knight, who was also run-out seven short of a half-century.Wyatt-Hodge said: “Yeah, obviously really delighted to get through to the semi’s.

A big question about what to improve on. I guess T20 cricket is such a fickle game and maybe today the running was good in parts, but myself, I got run-out.“Maybe we can be better on the communication and I guess we need to keep getting out there and back ourselves.”

Chances were also spilled in the field by England after Alice Capsey had taken a superb catch on the boundary rope to dismiss Deandra Dottin off stand-in captain Charlie Dean.West Indies captain Matthews was already back in the pavilion by this point after she was given out by TV umpire Nimali Perera on review.open image in galleryHayley Matthews was unhappy with her dismissal (Ben Whitley/PA) (PA Wire)Big appeals by England wicketkeeper Jones for a caught behind off Linsey Smith were initially ignored and while a spike was visible on UltraEdge, there was a gap between bat and ball.

Perera eventually sided with the technology, much to Matthews’ bemusement.Matthews, who expressed her grievances with match referee Shandre Fritz, said: “Not everything goes your way when you get those occasions.“I’d certainly felt that I definitely did not hit it.

“At the end of the day, the umpire’s decision has got to be final. Clear gap between bat and ball, but got to respect umpire’s decision.”