Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailEngland drew on all their experience to defeat Jamaica 56-48 and all but guarantee themselves a place in the World Cup semi-final. Keeper Geva Mentor, playing in her fifth world cup, was the foundation on which the Roses’ victory against their old Caribbean rivals was built. Having won the first quarter by two, the hosts drew the second 12-12 with a string of attacking errors. Shooter Harten said: “We were a bit sloppy in the second quarter but we knew we had to come out after half-time and raise our energy levels. Jamaica and England have contested every bronze medal match in the World Cup, apart from that one in 1995.

Source: Daily Mirror July 15, 2019 17:27 UTC