England battled to 228-7, but India looked destined for glory at 191-3, needing 38 off 44 balls. Shrubsole went up. The seamer took 5-11 off 19 deliveries to finish with 6-46 as India were bowled out for 219. Even as Gunn looked to have missed a crucial chance, Shrubsole wrapped up the win in the next ball to seal scenes of jubilation.

Gentleman: “The original plan was to get a couple of extras out of Anya and then go to Katherine to be honest.

“Anya had that look in her eyes where she didn’t need to say anything.

“It wasn’t a silly, ‘Don’t tell me anything, don’t distract me, let me get on with my job. I’ll throw the occasional slower ball straight.’

“I didn’t do anything at all. Anya ran the show. She was very calm even when Jenny lost the World Cup.”

Bush: “When I came back for that period, they hit a wide ball over the point for four and a full ball for four.

“From that moment on I was as simple as possible.

“veda [Krishnamurthy] I was trying to attack and I thought I was going to try to throw slower balls to the batters who are in and if we put new batters in the bowl full and straight and make the batters make a mistake.

“It was as simple as that.

“Poonam Yadav missed a straight shot, which always helps.

“Hartley got a wicket in the next over and then we got two wickets in the next over, Veda, which was a huge wicket, and Jhulan [Goswami] with a ball that wasn’t the one he was trying to throw.

Beaumont: “I love that the girl who went 6-46 in a World Cup final didn’t mean anything like that. She’s so Anya…”

Bush: “I wanted to say something like that…

“We had gotten through those games that were very close, while India either won very comfortably or lost badly. They didn’t have those close games.”

“It seemed like we were more battle-hardened than them.”