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Colombo<\/strong>: In a mouth-watering rematch, Group A winner and 2009 champion England will play two-time runner-up New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ICC Women\u2019s World Twenty20 at R.Premadasa Stadium on Thursday 4 October. The two teams met in the final of the first ICC Women\u2019s World Twenty20 in 2009 at Lord’s, where England beat New Zealand by six wickets.
 
In Group A, England defeated Pakistan in its opening match by 43 runs, then India by nine wickets, and, in a big hitting final match of the group stage, successfully chased down Australia\u2019s total of 144 to win by seven wickets, with 11 balls remaining.
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New Zealand finished second after losing its opening match to group-winner West Indies by seven wickets.  The side bounced back to beat South Africa by 22 runs and then Sri Lanka by eight wickets.
 
England\u2019s Laura Marsh, an all-rounder who opens the batting with captain Charlotte Edwards, said on the eve of the side\u2019s semi-final against New Zealand: \u201cThe team is looking really good at the moment and we have been playing some brilliant cricket in the tournament and lots of people have contributed to our wins in the tournament so far which is great. I think we\u2019ve had a few things to work on over the games but we\u2019ve continued to work on those things, and hopefully it will pay off against the Kiwis tomorrow.\u201d
 
Marsh, who herself bowls off-spin, has been particularly pleased with her side\u2019s bowling attack, saying: \u201cWhat\u2019s so great about our side is we\u2019ve got so many bowlers that we can vary things with spinners and medium pacers, plus the likes of Katherine Brunt and Anya Shrubsole who are a little bit quicker so hopefully once we\u2019ve played a few overs on that pitch we will be able to adjust with the ball accordingly.
 
The 25-year-old, however, wasn\u2019t underestimating New Zealand and said it was a very good side, capable of rising to big occasions. \u201cWe\u2019ve played the Kiwis a few times and had a few close encounters with them in the past and we\u2019re going to have to be at the top of our game, especially with the likes of Suzie Bates who is a potential match winner for them plus they\u2019ve got some powerful hitters of the ball so we are definitely going to have to be at the top of our game tomorrow.\u201d
 
After losing its opening game to the West Indies, New Zealand captain Suzie Bates was pleased with her team\u2019s bounce back against South Africa: “We were a little nervous coming into the game for sure. It is such a relief to get back on track.”
 
Bates is confident that that her team is in good form in the lead up to the clash with England: \u201cI think we know that England is the number 1 side in the world at the moment.  We\u2019re under no illusion that England\u2019s not going to be a really tough team to beat.  But we also understand that with our line up, if we execute our plans and play to our potential, we can really challenge them.\u201d
 
While wary of the strong England batting line up, the New Zealand skipper is aware that anything is possible in Twenty20 cricket: \u201cAny team is beatable, especially in Twenty20 cricket when one or two overs can change the game.  I think if we can get a couple of early wickets, some of their batters haven\u2019t batted at this tournament, so we can hopefully put them under some pressure.\u201d
 
The semi-final will be played on the same day as the first men\u2019s semi-final, between host Sri Lanka and Pakistan, a prospect that the New Zealand team is very excited about: \u201cI think we\u2019re really lucky in that a number of our players played at the last World Twenty20 in the West Indies, and were part of a final there where we played after the men and had a reasonable crowd and the pressure of a final.
 
\u201cSri Lanka is playing after us in the men\u2019s semi-final, so there might even be a bigger crowd, and that excites us that we have the opportunity to play in front of a home crowd.\u201d
 
The England side is also excited ahead of the double-header: \u201cThere\u2019s lots of excitement in the camp, you come to these events to win the trophy.  Tomorrow will be a massive event for us and playing ahead of Sri Lanka versus Pakistan, I think they\u2019ve had some massive crowds so far so I think that will be a big boost for us, playing ahead of the first men\u2019s semi-final,\u201d said Marsh.
 
In the second semi-final, to be played at R.Premadasa Stadium on Friday 5 October, West Indies will face defending champion Australia. The women\u2019s fixture will take place ahead of the second men\u2019s semi-final which is also between West Indies and Australia.
 
West Indies finished top of Group B after a rocky group stage, beating New Zealand in its first match by seven wickets, before losing to Sri Lanka by five runs in a rain-affected match (D\/L method), and then finishing with an emphatic victory against South Africa, winning by 10 wickets.
 
Australia finished second in Group A, after winning its opening matches against India by eight wickets with 16 balls remaining, and Pakistan by 25 runs in another rain-affected match (D\/L method).  However, the side lost its final group match against England by seven wickets, with 11 balls remaining.
 
West Indies, which qualified for the tournament after winning the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh in 2011 without losing a match, will be looking to its big hitters to lead the way.
 
West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira, said the team\u2019s bounce-back, after losing to Sri Lanka in the group stages, was a matter of keeping things simple and playing with an uncluttered mind. “We knew we had quality and ability.  The match against Sri Lanka wasn’t up to our standards, so we just spoke about improving and playing without any worry.\u201d
 
Similarly, Australia\u2019s loss to England in the group stages is in the past now, and the focus of the team, and captain Jodie Fields, is on the dangerous West Indies side.  \u201cWe are quite happy to be in the semis right now and it\u2019s great that we are playing West Indies,\u201d said Fields after the team reached Colombo.
 
Looking forward to the semi-final, the Australia captain is wary of West Indies\u2019 dangerous players: \u201cWest Indies is a very talented side and they have a couple of very talented players like Deandra Dottin and Stafanie Taylor,\u201d said Fields. \u201cSo we need to go deep with our planning, train harder and if we have a disciplined performance and dominate throughout the match, we should win.\u201d<\/p>\n

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