England will look to finish on a high with third place finish

England team's captain, Charlotte Edwards, who earlier today expressed disappointment over failing to make it to the final will hope leave the tournament with a consolation win against New Zealand for the third place. AP

Mumbai: Although defending champions England failed in their bid to defend Women's World Cup title, it will intend to end their campaign on a high with a third place finish when they take on New Zealand in the third place play-off match at the Brabourne stadium here tomorrow.

Defending champions England and last edition's runners-up New Zealand were knocked out of the tournament after West Indies upstaged Australia to reach the final. Having defeated New Zealand by 15 runs in their Super Six match yesterday, England will be keen to carry on the momentum into tomorrow game.

The Charlotte-Edwards side had a few positives in the previous game as wicketkeeper-batter Sarah Taylor, who had flopped in the series with just 35 against India followed by three ducks in a row, made a fluent 79-ball 88.

The opening pair of Edwards and Danielle Wyatt shared a half century stand against the Kiwis to give England a solid platform to build 266-run innings. The English would once again rely on the openers tomorrow. "(We need to play for) third place and rankings. Every game of cricket England play, we want to win. This won't change. We are disappointed but we have a kind of roller coaster last two weeks in this tournament. The girls have reacted to our losses unbelievably well," said Edwards.

"I can't talk highly enough about group of players how they have picked themselves and got on about it. They have put in some magnificent performances. They will do the same and we
want to finish third and that is really important to us to end the tournament on a high," she added.

The English pace attack is formidable with the lethal combination of Katherine Brunt and Anya Shrubsole, who have accounted for 25 wickets between them.