To look purely on the scorecard, England had been thumped by South Africa.
They had been made to rue electing to bowl, with the Proteas, led by Laura Wolvaardt’s excellent 169, piling on 319-7.
It left England requiring their highest profitable girls’s ODI chase – and the second highest in World Cup historical past after Australia’s 331 towards India – to achieve the ultimate.
As a substitute, they collapsed to 1-3 inside seven balls and had been bowled out for 194 with 45 balls to spare.
Nonetheless, former England spinner and 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley stated Edwards’ facet didn’t do a lot unsuitable in Guwahati.
They had been merely “outplayed” by South Africa and punished for an costly ultimate 10 overs with the ball – throughout which the Proteas smashed 117 runs – earlier than England’s high order collapsed.
“I am not going to come back out and slate the workforce. I do not suppose England did get a lot unsuitable,” Hartley instructed BBC Check Match Particular.
“While you evaluate the scores on the midway stage of each innings, England had been just about neck and neck, simply England had misplaced extra wickets.
“I do not suppose they did a lot unsuitable. They did not drop a great deal of catches, they did not have a great deal of misfields, they did not bowl a great deal of wides or a great deal of slot balls.
“What they might have carried out is go to a large plan slightly bit earlier, particularly to Laura Wolvaardt, and attempt to make her change her recreation, somewhat than bowl on leg stump [so] she was in a position to hit into the leg facet.
“Being knocked out of a World Cup and being outplayed – typically you have to maintain your arms up and say we weren’t adequate.”
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