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Tammy Beaumont says England\u2019s victory over South Africa earlier in the group stage of the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2017 will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the semi-final in Bristol.<\/p>\nTammy Beaumont says England\u2019s victory over South Africa earlier in the group stage of the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2017 will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the semi-final in Bristol.<\/p>\n
England has won six WWC games in a row \u2013 including a 68-run victory over South Africa \u2013 following its opening defeat by India. South Africa has won four, lost two and had one game washed out due to rain.<\/p>\n
But with a place in the Lord\u2019s final the prize for Tuesday\u2019s winner, Beaumont says both teams go into the game with a clean slate.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cWe did beat them in the group game, but it is going to be a clean slate on Tuesday with a lot more to play for and they will come out hard and try and make up for that defeat in the group stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have put the loss to India behind us and we have gone from strength to strength as the tournament has progressed, there are still a few areas our coach will want us to work on but that is the good thing about us, we always want to learn and we always want to get better and we have a chance to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beaumont is the tournament\u2019s leading runs-scorer with 372 runs from her seven innings but she says that England\u2019s main strength is the ability for other players to step up and perform when needed.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cI think the best part of our squad is that someone different steps up every single game. Heather Knight was excellent against West Indies with a really crucial knock and Alex Hartley with the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really key that everyone is on song for the semi-final.<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Africa have a really good all round team, they have a team to suit all sorts of pitches, they have a lot of pace up front and then leg-spinners in the middle and some pretty destructive batters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beaumont may be the highest scoring batter in the tournament so far, but she and England will come up against the tournament\u2019s leading wicket taker in Dane van Niekerk.<\/p>\n
The South Africa captain has taken 15 wickets in her six games so far in the WWC and she believes the pressure is all on the tournament host ahead of the semi-final is Bristol.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cWe’re excited, we know any team that is in the semi-final is going to be tough to beat so we’re going to have to bring our very best. <\/p>\n
“I don’t think there’s any pressure on us at all, I don’t think most people thought we would be here. In that sense I’m very proud of the girls, it’s our first semi-final since 2000. <\/p>\n
“I’m really excited to be in this position and the girls are really excited for the challenge ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tammy Beaumont says England\u2019s victory over South Africa earlier in the group stage of the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2017 will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the semi-final in Bristol.<\/p>\n
England has won six WWC games in a row \u2013 including a 68-run victory over South Africa \u2013 following its opening defeat by India. South Africa has won four, lost two and had one game washed out due to rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3513,22455,12367,6480,466,6818],"class_list":["post-35187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-cricket","tag-england-vs-south-africa","tag-icc-womens-world-cup-2017","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tammy-beaumont"],"yoast_head":"\n