China vs England 1-6: Women’s World Cup 2023 – as it happened

England march on into the knockout stages of the World Cup. They have three wins out of three matches and look like they will be a match for anybody in the latter stages of the tournament.

They’ll now face Nigeria on Monday in Brisbane.

Denmark are also into the last 16 and face a tough assignment against Australia in Sydney.

Haiti and China are heading home.

Thanks for joining us for live coverage of the conclusion of Group D. We will be back on Wednesday with more coverage of the Women’s World Cup.

Here’s Lauren James speaking on the pitch after the match:

“Another day that was what dreams are made of. I am happy for the team, everyone is buzzing. We look forward to the next round now.

“I felt free tonight, whether I’m on the wing or in the middle I’m just happy to be on the pitch playing and enjoying my football.

“Each day, each game I am looking to improve and get better. There’s many more years of improvements and I can always get better.”

James is catching eyes at this tournament. It’s three goals for the Chelsea forward in the group stages, and who would bet against her getting more as the competition progresses?

The 21-year-old is cool, calm and composed both on and off the pitch. She’s just been speaking to the media. We will bring you those quotes shortly.

While England cruised past China in Adelaide, Denmark were also booking their place in the next round with a comfortable 2-0 win over Haiti.

Harder and Troelsgaard were the scorers for the Danes.

They’ll face the hosts Australia in the next round, that match taking place in Sydney on Monday.

England have made their mark on this World Cup with a hugely impressive performance in Adelaide, including some brilliant goals.

James now has three goals in this tournament. She is a threat to any team.

It’s three wins out of three for England.

A stunning performance in Adelaide.

Full-time: China 1-6 England

Denmark have doubled their lead over Haiti in Perth. It’s 2-0 now.

Lou is down for China suffering from cramp. She gets up to be replaced by Wang Linlin.

90+10 mins: China 1-6 England

Shen Mengyu tries a very ambitious volley from the edge of the area but it balloons up over the bar.

England starting to look like they just want the full-time whistle now. Their work is done.

90+8 mins: China 1-6 England

Coombs decides to take a shot from outside the area.

She picks up the ball, spins and fires away with her right foot. It’s just wide of the left-hand post.

90+6 mins: China 1-6 England

This is set to be a record defeat for China at a World Cup. They’ve never let in six goals at the finals.

Daly wins a free kick for England on the left after being fouled by Shen. England decide to keep possession and pass the ball around the midfield.

90+5 mins: China 1-6 England

Lou sends a deep cross into the box from the right. It misses everybody, and Earps comfortably takes it.

China then make two changes:

Off: Yao Lingwei, Wu Chengshu

On: Shen Mengyu, Duo Jiaxing

90+3 mins: China 1-6 England

There was a fair bit of talk about England’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal. They have well and truly silenced any critics this evening.

The game reaches 90 minutes, and 11 minutes is added on.

90 mins: China 1-6 England

What a save from Earps!

Chen battles hard to win the ball on the edge of the box. She fires in a shot through a crowd of players but is denied a goal by Earps, who dives to her left despite seeing the ball late.

Earps hasn’t had much to do, but when she has, she’s performed brilliantly.

87 mins: China 1-6 England

England are made to wait as the goal is checked for a possible offside.

This time, the decision goes their way as the goal stands. It remains 6-1 to the Lionesses.

85 mins: China 1-6 England

Kelly plays a hopeful ball into the box from the right. It finds Coombs who’s stood on the penalty spot but can’t get her shot away.

The ball deflects out to Daly at the back post who hammers the ball into the net.

83 mins: China 1-6 England

China are heading out of the World Cup. They’ll be incredibly disappointed about this performance in Adelaide.

England are keeping the pressure on as they go in search of more goals.

Ella Toone comes on to replace Lauren James who has been terrific tonight.

80 mins: China 1-5 England

James plays a lovely ball over the top, looking for Kelly.

Zhu charges out of her area to clear it but misreads the bounce of the ball, allowing Kelly to run in behind her and slot home into an empty net.

A terrible goal to concede.

76 mins: China 1-5 England

Off: Li, Wang Shuang

On: Gu Yasha, Wu Haiyan

75 mins: China 1-4 England

Daly wins a header from a corner, but she can’t get on top of it, and the ball pings up over the bar.

On the touchline, China are gearing up to make some changes of their own.

73 mins: China 1-4 England

Off: Bronze, Russo, Hemp

On: Niamh Charles, Beth England, Chloe Kelly

71 mins: China 1-4 England