Ellen White broke England Women’s all-time scoring record as the Lionesses recorded their biggest ever victory by crushing Latvia 20-0 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.White scored twice early on to take her level with and then past Kelly Smith’s mark of 46 goals, before completing her hat-trick shortly after the break.The Manchester City striker was one of four hat-trick-scorers on the night. Lauren Hemp netted four times, while Beth Mead and substitute Alessia Russo also registered trebles.20-0 – England’s women’s team have beaten Latvia 20-0, recording their biggest ever victory in an official match (previously 13-0 vs Hungary in 2005). Over their two group matches against Latvia during qualification they have attempted 121 shots and faced none. Commanding. pic.twitter.com/w466Q7XbQl— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 30, 2021 Beth England notched a brace, and there were also goals from Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Jess Carter, Jill Scott and Jordan Nobbs on a historic evening in Doncaster.The result smashed the Lionesses previous record win of 13-0 against Hungary in 2005.England also hit double figures last month when the sides met in Riga with a 10-0 win.It was a sixth win from six Group D games for England, their first six fixtures under Sarina Wiegman – a sequence in which they have registered 53 goals and conceded none.They lead Austria and Northern Ireland by five points with four qualifiers remaining.England BEAT Latvia 20-0. They had four different players score hat tricks 🤯 pic.twitter.com/t5zIuzBeQA— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 30, 2021 © Agence France-Presse
