England want to keep the momentum going, says Heather Knight

With a crushing win over Scotland in the Women's T20 World Cup in Sharjah, England have gone top of Group B. They have the best net run-rate in the group, just about pipping West Indies after they chased down 110 with 60 balls and 10 wickets to spare. England will be up against West Indies in their final game of the group stages on October 15 (Tuesday), knowing that a loss could potentially still knock them out of the competition.

As a result, England captain Heather Knight said that her side needs to keep the momentum going. "We will try and win just the way we approached the last two games. We want to go again and keep the momentum going," Knight said after England's third win of the competition.

Knight also credited Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge for the way they took the attack to the opposition right from the first ball and got the job done early in the end.

"She [Bouchier] hit the first three balls for fours and then she went on from there. Once we had a great powerplay it was about how quickly to finish it off and put pressure on the other teams. We talked about getting over South Africa. Credit to how both of them batted," Knight said.

As far as Scotland are concerned, skipper Kathryn Bryce expressed what an honour it has been for her to lead her side into their first-ever T20 World Cup.

"It's been a disappointing run for us, but honoured to lead my side. It was challenging for us, for the first time we were playing against different sides in a new stadium. They [crowd] were brilliant, they were cheering for us no matter what happened," Bryce said.

Bouchier, who won the Player of the Match for her unbeaten 34-ball 62, revealed how much she enjoys batting with Wyatt-Hodge at the other end.

"I felt really good. Batting with Danny is always easy. We have an unspoken communication, we tried to hit straight down the gound and run between the wickets hard, which would help us win. We were told about the 8th over that we needed to get it done before the 10th over, this tournament is fine margins and the bowlers did brilliantly."

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