Cricket World Cup: England beat India to keep hopes alive

England's World Cup defence got a boost with a four-wicket hammering of India.

The holders were transformed from the team that had made so many errors in three previous defeats, taking every catch and hitting two direct-hit run-outs to bowl India out for 134.

In her second World Cup match, off-spinner Charlie Dean claimed 4-23 while England's Anya Shrubsole became the sixth woman to reach 100 one-day international strikeouts.

NatSciver survived the ball hitting her stumps without the bails coming off, as England were reduced to 4-2 in the chase.

The victory was completed with more than 18 overs to spare and Heather Knight was the only player to score more than 50.

With their first win, England move up to sixth in the table and are only two points behind third-ranked India.

They cannot afford another slip-up when they face New Zealand in New Zealand on Sunday.

India will face Australia on Saturday in a battle for a place in the semi-finals.

Energised England bounce back

It's hard to understand why England were different to the side they beat in the final of the World Cup in India.

In the day after the loss to South Africa, the England team didn't train, yet they arrived looking refreshed, relaxed and rejuvenated.

The first ball was an indication of what was to come, when Sciver missed Smriti Mandhana. Everything went England's way after that.

Mithali Raj was caught at point, and Kate Cross hit DeeptiSharma out of the ground, before Shrubsole took the other two.

India were 61-5 when Dean had Sneh Rana caught behind in her first over.

While Mandhana remained, India were dangerous, but a missed sweep cost her 35.

Richa and Jhulan fell in the same cross over. Goswami was chopped to point after he was run out bySciver.

Meghna Singh was the best bowler in the one-dayers, as Dean returned to take the last two wickets.

Sciver's luck signals England change in fortune

England might have had a change in luck as well as a change in outlook.

In the face of some excellent swing bowling by Meghna and Goswami, England saw Danni Wyatt well held at slip by Rana and Tammy Beaumont trapped LBw on review.

It was an amazing moment of fortune for Sciver, who was unlucky to be caught off the back of her bat in the defeat by South Africa.

This time, when on just four and with Goswami bowling, Sciver jammed down, only for the ball to roll back on to the middle stump. The bails were not moved.

Knight brought up her first half-century of the tournament, after she gave a leading edge to Vastrakar.

It was sloppy of England to lose 3 for 22 runs, but Knight remained as a reassuring presence and a six-match winless streak was broken.

New Zealand is still in the running to win the World Cup despite England's precarious position.

'I wasn't expecting this'

England off-spinner Charlie Dean, who was named player of the match, said: "I don't think I was expecting this at the start of the game so I'm really happy."

We have shown a lot of fight as a team to come back from a few disappointing games to show what we can do. So happy.

I just tried to keep it simple, bowl as close to the stumps as possible and trust my best ball.

Heather Knight is the England captain. I think we needed that. It was a little bit tough, but we got over the line, and hopefully the start of a momentum shift.

India know they underperformed, but England will breathe a huge sigh of relief. They have been great today, the England side. They have played well.