England won the game by nine runs to secure their fourth World Cup title, with Anya Shrubsole named player of the match.

[3] The bell to signal the start of play was rung by Eileen Ash, who at 105 years old was the oldest surviving international cricketer at the time.

[4] England were playing in the Women's World Cup Final for the fifth time,[a] a mark surpassed only by Australia.

[6][7] However, England went on to win all six of their remaining group-stage games, finishing top of the table – with the same number of points as Australia but a superior net run rate.

[8] In the first semi-final, played on 18 July at Bristol County Ground, England defeated South Africa by two wickets.

[15] Only five selected players had previously played in a World Cup final – Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami for India, and Katherine Brunt, Laura Marsh, and Sarah Taylor for England.

This brought Heather Knight (1) to the crease, but she lasted just seven balls before also being dismissed by Yadav, leg before wicket (lbw; via DRS).

Sarah Taylor (45) and Natalie Sciver (51) steadied the ship somewhat, putting on 83 runs for the fourth wicket whilst light rain fell.

Hartley bowled Sushma Verma for a duck and Shrubsole claimed the wickets of Krishnamurthy and Jhulan Goswami before Shikha Pandey was run out.