Nat Sciver-Brunt has admitted her World Cup hopefuls weren't good enough as only a rain downpour prevented them suffering their first defeat of the tournament at the hands of unfortunate Pakistan in Sri Lanka.

England's inspirational skipper was not about to make any excuses after Pakistan, cruising at 34 without loss off 6.4 overs on Wednesday, were halted by more bad weather in Colombo when seemingly easing to their readjusted target of 113.

The game had to be abandoned with both teams ending with a point, which was enough to enable England to return to the top on seven points, but they're now only ahead of similarly unbeaten Australia in the eight-team group table on net run-rate.

The top four will qualify for the knockout stages with Australia expecting to book their spot by defeati

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