Penalty heartbreak for England and Hinch as semi-final defeat means battle for bronze

The last-four match on the Australian Gold Coast, which started at 10am BST, saw New Zealand progress to the gold-medal final with a 2-1 victory in a shoot-out.

After a tight match that ended 0-0, it went to penalties and Hinch, while making a number of stops, was unable to produce her previous match-winning heroics, that has heralded previous medals and shoot-out successes.

England, who achieved a bronze medal in Glasgow in 2014, will now have fight it out in the third-placed play-off against the losing side from the other semi-final between Australia and India.

It all went down to the final penalty and Olympic gold winner Hinch, who produced a stunning save in the final seconds of the game to force a shoot-out, was beaten by New Zealand's stand-out player Stacey Michelsen.

Alex Danson's opening penalty was saved by the face of substitute goalkeeper Grace O'Hanlon, who came on for the shoot-out, before Hinch then blocked Samantha Charlton out.Sophie Bray was then denied by O'Hanlon and Liz Thompson put wide next to a falling Hinch.

Hannah Martin then put England 1-0 ahead, before Natalie Harrison levelled up

Anna Toman's next effort for England was saved by O'Hanlon, before Hinch blocked out Ella Gunson's attempt, which stood despite a New Zealand review.

In the final penalties, Hollie Pearne-Webb's effort was saved by a strong hand and Michelsen the lifted the ball over Hinch to send New Zealand through to the gold medal match.

The clash was a repeat of the Glasgow semi-final, in which England emerged 3-1 victors in a penalty shoot-out after the match ended in a tight 1-1 draw.

New Zealand came into the match having finished second in Group B after a 6-1 win over Scotland and 12-0 triumph over Ghana, before two 0-0 draws with Canada and Australia.

England had topped Group A with a 2-0 win over South Africa, 5-1 victory against Wales and 3-0 success