ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 Final, India vs England: 5 things England did right to clinch the title

#2 Natalie Sciver and Sarah Taylor rescuing England

Sciver's half-century was probably the most important knock of her life

After a healthy opening stand between Beaumont and Winfield, England stuttered in the middle phase of their innings. Poonam Yadav got rid of Beaumont and their skipper Heather Knight in quick succession to put the skids under the English batting.

The onus was on Natalie Sciver and Sarah Taylor to arrest the slump and bail England out of the precarious position. They brought forward all their experience and compiled together a stand of 83 runs in 99 balls, which threatened to take the game away from India.

They didn’t let the Indian bowlers dictate terms as they picked up singles and the odd boundary to ensure the run-flow. The partnership finally ended when Taylor was caught down the leg by wicket-keeper Sushma Verma of Jhulan Goswami’s bowling.