Kent's Tammy Beaumont on must-win game for England Women against Bangladesh at Cricket World Cup in Wellington

England and Kent batter Tammy Beaumont insists her side are peaking at the right time ahead of their crucial final group stage game against Bangladesh at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.

A fourth straight win will secure England’s passage to the semi-finals and mark an incredible turnaround after a hat-trick of losses looked like ending the defending champions’ title defence at the first hurdle.

There is no shortage of motivation for Heather Knight’s side who know that a big win against Bangladesh will help improve their net run rate and give them a good chance of finishing third and avoiding table-toppers Australia, who won seven from seven in the group stage, in the knockout phase.

“I think we obviously started a little bit slow in the comp, but our bowlers are certainly peaking at the right time,” said opener Beaumont from Dover.

“Katherine Brunt looked in really good rhythm last game, Kate Cross throughout has been brilliant, Sophie Ecclestone too and everyone's chipping in where they can.

“With the batting, we haven't had that solid opening partnership yet. We haven't got past 31, so it was good to see Danni (Wyatt) go on and get some good runs last game.

“And there's been contributions throughout. I do feel like we're starting to get there and play our best cricket as we come into the back end of this tournament.”

Beaumont was the Player of the Tournament at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 as her 410 runs helped fire England to glory on home soil.

This time around she is still averaging 35 despite her last three knocks against Pakistan, New Zealand and India totalling just 28, but Beaumont is not the slightest bit concerned about her form.

She explained: “I don't really feel like I'm out of form. I