England battled to 228-7 but India looked destined for glory at 191-3, needing 38 from 44 balls. Up stepped Shrubsole. The seamer took 5-11 in 19 deliveries to finish with 6-46 as India were bowled out for 219. Even when Gunn appeared to have dropped a crucial chance, Shrubsole wrapped up the win next ball to seal jubilant scenes.
Knight: “The original plan was to get a couple of overs out of Anya and then go to Katherine to be honest.
“Anya just had this look in her eye where I didn’t need to say anything.
“It was like no nonsense, ‘don’t say anything to me, don’t distract me, let me get on with my job. I will bowl straight with the odd slower ball.’
“I didn’t do anything at all. Anya ran the show. She was very calm even when Jenny dropped the World Cup.”
Shrubsole: “When I came back on for that spell they hit a wide ball over point for four and a full ball for four.
“From that point on I went as simple as possible.
“Veda [Krishnamurthy] was trying to be attacking and I thought I was going to try and bowl slower balls to the batters that are in and if we get new batters in bowl full and straight and make the batters make a mistake.
“It was as simple as that.
“Poonam Yadav missed a straight one which always helps.
“Hartley got a wicket in the next over and then we got two wickets in the next, Veda, which was a massive wicket, and Jhulan [Goswami] with a ball which was not what I was trying to bowl.”
Beaumont: “I love that the girl who gets 6-46 in a World Cup final didn’t mean any of it. It is just so Anya…”
Shrubsole: “I meant some of it…
“We had got through those games that were really tight whereas India had won really comfortably or lost badly. They didn’t have those close games.
“It felt like we were more battle hardened than they were.”