England set up a semi-final tomorrow against New Zealand with their best performance of the World Cup. The Silver Ferns’ defeat by Australia earlier yesterday means that England have avoided a clash with the Australians, the team that they beat in the Commonwealth Games final on the Gold Coast last year. England’s unbeaten record remained intact after an 11-goal win over South Africa, the fifth-ranked team in the world, who will face Australia in the other semi-final. Tracey Neville, England’s head coach, said: “I think we were very clinical. Coming into the match we wanted to really shut their circle down, drive onto the ball and we did all that really well.”Speaking about the semi-final, Neville said: “My dream is to have a stadium…

Source: The Times July 18, 2019 23:04 UTC