WI W vs ENG W Highlights: West Indies defeated England by six wickets in the last match of Group B of the Women's T20 World Cup on Tuesday and booked a ticket to the semi-finals. With this defeat, England's journey ended in the group stage itself. South Africa became the second team from the group to reach the semi-finals with a better net run rate.

After restricting England to 141 runs for six wickets, West Indies achieved the target in 18 overs for four wickets. For West Indies, Kiana Joseph contributed 52 runs in 38 balls and captain Hayley Matthews contributed 50 runs in 38 balls. Both of them laid the foundation of victory by sharing 102 runs for the first wicket. This is West Indies' first win over England in the last 14 matches. With this win, the 2016 champion team reached the semi-finals with the first position in the group table. South Africa also confirmed its place in the last four while the journey of England's team, which was in the third position in the group table, came to an end.

West Indies will face New Zealand in the second semi-final, while South Africa will face Australia in the first semi-final. Left-handed batsman Joseph hit six fours and two sixes in his 38-ball innings, while Mathews made her 100th T20 International match memorable by hitting seven fours and a six in the same number of balls. Deandra Dottin did not give England a chance to come back in the last overs by scoring 27 runs in 19 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. For England, Nat Sever Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, and Sarah Glenn took one wicket each.

After being invited to bat first, Seiver Brunt scored 57 runs with the help of five fours in an unbeaten innings of 50 balls for England. She made an important partnership of 46 runs in 36 balls for the fourth wicket with captain Heather Knight, who retired hurt due to injury. The England captain contributed 21 runs with the help of three fours in her 13-ball innings.

For West Indies, Afy Fletcher took three wickets for 21 runs in four overs. Dottin was a success. Chasing the target, Matthews hit a six and two fours against Lauren Bell in the first over while Joseph made his intentions clear by hitting two fours against Nat Siver and a six against Charlie Dean.

Joseph put pressure on England bowlers by hitting consecutive fours against Sophie Ecclestone in the fourth over. Meanwhile, England fielders also saved the lives of both the batsmen by dropping catches. Mathews hit three fours against Dean in the sixth over, due to which West Indies scored 67 runs without any loss in the power play.

After the power play, the team's run rate slowed down a bit but Joseph hit the second six of his innings in the 10th over by sending Dean's ball into the crowd. He completed his fifty with a run against Sarah Glenn in the 11th over. West Indies completed their century in the 12th over. In the next over, Maya Bousher dropped another easy catch of Joseph but Daniel Wyatt made no mistake in catching the catch on the next ball of Sewar Brunt.

In the same over, Mathews completed her half-century in 37 balls with one run. However, she got caught by Daniel Gibson on Glenn's ball in the next over.

England bowlers were looking to gain control of the match after losing two wickets but Dottin put the match completely in West Indies' hands by hitting two sixes and a four in the 16th over against Dean.

Earlier, Maya Busher (14) and Wyatt (16) gave England a steady start. Busher hit the first four of the innings against Shenelle Henry in the third over, while Wyatt sent Matthews' ball across the boundary. Matthews gave England the first blow by dismissing Wyatt in the same over. The team lost two more wickets within five runs. Alice Capsey (one run) was run out in the fifth over, while Fletcher sent Busher to the pavilion on his first ball in the seventh over.

England were in trouble after losing three wickets for just 34 runs, but Sever Brunt and Knight kept the run rate high and did not let the pressure overwhelm England. Knight hit superb fours against Fletcher and Dottin while Sever Brunt hit fours against Ashmini Munisar and Alia Allen. However, Knight left the field in the 13th over due to a muscle strain. At that time, the team's score was 79 runs for three wickets.

Amidst the fall of wickets from one end, Sever Brunt held the other end. England completed the century of runs in the 15th over. Sever Brunt completed her half-century in 45 balls by hitting two fours against Allen in the 18th over. Sophie Ecclestone (seven) hit a six in the last over while Sever Brunt hit a four to take the team's score beyond 140.