Tammy Beaumont says England can’t wait to get going ahead of Thursday's ICC Women’s World T20 against India.

The sides meet at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua with a win securing passage to a second World Cup final in just over a year, this time around against Australia or hosts West Indies.

“We’re excited about India, and about playing in a World Cup semi-final,” said the Kent women's skipper.

“At one point when we were in St Lucia we weren’t sure if we were going to play any cricket at all because of the rain, so it feels a bit of a bonus to have made it through.”

A loss against West Indies in England’s final group game saw Beaumont and her side finish second in the group stage and led some to question their batting.

But for Beaumont, there’s no reason to not be confident.

She said: “We have played some good cricket but I think there’s more to come from us.

“We’ve only had one chance to bat first and we maybe haven’t scored the weight of runs yet that we would have liked to, but that also means we’ve got a chance to go out there and really nail it with the bat.

“We’ve got so many talented batters – we chased down 200 against India in April – we just need it to click on the day or for someone to come off and go big.”

There have been suggestions that England’s route to the final is potentially the simpler one but that’s a suggestion Beaumont refutes.

She said: “I don’t think you can say that at all. It will be a difficult match.

“India are a side we know well. We played them in a tri-series in April and know how dangerous they can be.

"Their bowlers are effective and they’ve been one of the most in-form teams in this tournament.

“You look at someone like Harmanpreet Kaur and you know you’ve got a player who’s seriously dangerous.

"And then there’s Smriti Mandhana, who had a fantastic Kia Super League.

"They’re big wickets, we know that, and we want to be ready for them.”