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Finn Russell was sublime, Huw Jones scored two epic tries and the Scots stripped away the English aura of invincibility.

But in addition to Salonga’s radiant example, there are group numbers that bring us closer to the sublime heights that Sondheim reached.

Such was the sorry state of England's batting that they were outscored by Australia opener Beth Mooney alone, who made a sublime unbeaten 94 from 63 balls in the hosts' 162-5.

But the seventh seed used the crowd to his advantage in the tie-break, conducting them after hitting a sublime backhand pass and cupping his ear after a deft volley brought up two match points.

A sublime Snyman offload helped gain territory for the South Africa lock to then stretch over and finish the score he started.