We let our fans down: England's Katherine Brunt

England allrounder Katherine Brunt was unable to hold back her tears as she reflected on her team's defeat to New Zealand in the Commonwealth Games' (CWG) bronze medal match on Sunday. After losing the semifinal to India on Saturday, the home team suffered a eight-wicket loss against the White Ferns at Edgbaston.

Brunt, 37, said she had been considering the CWG as her last chance to stand on a podium for England.

"I've got to get up in two days and play the Hundred, which is savage, but that's life, that's sport, and I will. But yeah, I need to reflect on that bit and see where I'm at, what my next goal is," Brunt said after the match.

Batting first, England were restricted to 110/9 in 20 overs as New Zealand chased down the target in 11.5 overs.

"On a personal level, it was my one and only shot at that so obviously I'm taking it quite bad. I'm exhausted. I've given it everything I've got and I can live with that," Brunt said.

The hosts suffered a big blow ahead of the Games as captain Heather Knight was ruled out due to an injury. They played two 17-year old Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp alongside 20-year old Issy Wong who all performed well.

"We're all gutted. We're a lot better than that. Obviously we had a big knock with Heather - a huge head on her shoulders, loads of experience and plenty of runs in the bank. We took a big hit, but we tried our best for her and thought we'd done enough but that game against India was brutal, and in the end, they deserved it," Brunt said.

However, the emergence of the youngsters in the Games is a big positive for Brunt going forward.

"We've got lots of youth in our team and they won't have been in games like that, against India or against New Zealand, and they won't have experienced bowling or battling against the best players in the world. So there's plenty of learnings to take from yesterday and today for them to grow and move forward," she said.