Knight rescues England as Bangladesh seethe after three reviews go her way

"England survived a nervy wobble with the bat to beat Bangladesh by four wickets in Guwahati and go top of the table in the World Cup. Bangladesh reduced England to 103 for six chasing 179 but a watchful 79-run partnership between Heather Knight and Charlie Dean steadied the ship, helped by the absence of Bangladesh's key strike bowler, Marufa Akter, from the field for the last 15 overs of the chase."

"Nevertheless, the performance will raise questions as to how far England have overcome the issues which dogged them under previous coach Jon Lewis, notably their ability to focus in pressure moments. Bangladesh are a nation who scraped through the qualifiers for this World Cup back in April, have played no international cricket since then, and whose domestic structure is still almost entirely amateur: coming within a whisker of slaying the giant of the No 2-ranked side in the world was never in the script."

"England were extremely fortunate to be on the right side of two controversial TV umpiring decisions, which handed Knight lives on 0 and 13. The rules surrounding use of the Decision Review System state that in the absence of any definitive evidence to the contrary, the initial on-field decision should stand. Here, though, the third umpire chose to overturn an on-field out decision against Knight, ruling that the batter had not edged Marufa behind the stumps despite the fact that Ultraedge appeared inconclusive."

"Then, as Bangladesh celebrated Shorna Akter's diving catch at cover in the 15th over, the third umpire again intervened to state that the catch had not been taken cleanly despite audibly suggesting on microphone that the replays were once again inconclusive. In between times, Knight herself used DRS to overturn a leg-before decision against Marufa, somehow surviving the scratchiest of starts at one stage she was 14 from 44 balls to bring up the half-century which enabled England to stagger across the finish line."

England beat Bangladesh by four wickets in Guwahati to go top of the World Cup table. Bangladesh reduced England to 103 for six while chasing 179. Heather Knight and Charlie Dean added a watchful 79-run partnership to steady the chase. Bangladesh's strike bowler Marufa Akter was absent from the field for the last 15 overs. Two controversial TV umpiring decisions handed Knight lives on 0 and 13. The third umpire overturned an on-field out decision despite Ultraedge appearing inconclusive, and later ruled that Shorna Akter's diving catch had not been taken cleanly. Knight used DRS to overturn a leg-before decision and finished with a half-century.

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