Heather Knight has backed England “to return again stronger” after their defeat to South Africa within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup semi-finals, saying the six-run loss at Cape City “is not going to outline them”.

England had been unable to achieve a goal of 165 at Newlands, ending on 158-8 after a late collapse, as their hopes of a primary T20 World Cup title because the inaugural version in 2009 had been dashed.

Nonetheless, along with her facet adopting an aggressive model of cricket since Jon Lewis grew to become head coach in November – emphasised by a file Ladies’s T20 World Cup complete of 213-5 in opposition to Pakistan earlier this week – Knight says England’s upward trajectory will proceed.

England host Australia within the multi-format Ashes sequence in June and July, whereas the following Ladies’s T20 World Cup is scheduled for Bangladesh within the autumn of 2024.

Knight mentioned: “We’re clearly gutted… however this recreation would not outline us as a bunch. We got here out right here to attempt to entertain and I feel we have accomplished that on this match.

“There is definitely expertise in there to have the ability to hopefully come again stronger within the subsequent match.”

Knight: England needs to be happy with mentality shift

“We’re beginning to construct one thing actually properly. We’re actually clear in how we wish to go about our T20 cricket and the ladies have actually embraced it.

“It hasn’t come off [against South Africa] however the future for us, with the younger gamers being actually aggressive and attempting to take the sport on, is to entertain.

“I feel the best way we have made a mentality shift, modified the best way we wish to play, is one thing we needs to be actually happy with, and the expertise of taking part in below an superior crowd was nice. I feel the youthful gamers will be taught so much from that.”

Plenty of younger gamers helped England win Lewis’ first 13 video games in cost, together with 18-year-old all-rounder Alice Capsey and 22-year-old seamer Lauren Bell.

That duo, plus batter Sophia Dunkley (24) and spinners Sophie Ecclestone (23) and Sarah Glenn (23), needs to be staples of England sides for years to return however Katherine Sciver-Brunt (37) has in all chance performed her last World Cup match.

The seamer recorded figures of 2-14 in opposition to Pakistan however, within the video games both facet of that, the 11-run win over India and semi-final defeat to South Africa, she was costly.

Is Katherine Sciver-Brunt on her means down?

Sciver-Brunt conceded 39 runs from three wicketless overs in opposition to India and 33 from 4 in opposition to South Africa, along with her final over within the semi-final smashed for 18.

Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Nasser Hussain mentioned: “England tried to get yet one more World Cup out of Katherine Sciver-Brunt. England caught with their veteran and it did not work for them within the semi-final.

“You felt over the past yr that she has simply gone over the curve, simply on her means down. Nonetheless a lot she tries and blusters, I feel she is doing that as a result of she is aware of her recreation shouldn’t be the place she expects it to be.”

Hussain added: “There are two issues this England facet need to do. One is change the model of cricket, which they’ve accomplished. The opposite is realise that in the meanwhile, you’re walloping everybody after which instantly you’re in a semi-final and it is tense when you have not been tense for a very long time.

“Being tense is one thing it’s important to take care of and that is the place The Hundred, Ladies’s Premier League, different franchise cricket will assist.

“What bought to them at present was that numerous the decrease order hadn’t batted in stress conditions and could not get England over the road.”

South Africa are into their first World Cup last following 5 earlier semi-final defeats throughout the 20-over and 50-over variations, with the overcome England coming after Knight’s workforce had raced to 53-0 after 5 overs because of Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt.

Hussain added: “South Africa dealt with stress so nicely. You consider the semi-finals they’ve misplaced and in a house semi-final, packed crowd at Newlands, up in opposition to it after England’s begin, to return again and ship they means they did, honest play to them.

“They should be within the last.”

Watch South Africa vs Australia within the 2023 Ladies’s T20 World Cup last dwell on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 12.30pm on Sunday (the primary ball is at 1pm).