Alex Danson has insisted that Team England will "prepare hard" for a possible semi-final meeting with New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.

The 29-year-old scored her side's opening goal against Scotland earlier today to pave the way for victory, which was enough to see England advance through Pool B at the expense of their opponents.

"We are obviously delighted with the win today, the game was exactly what we thought it was going to be it, it was tight and Scotland had obviously done their homework," Danson told reporters.

"They won lots of corners but we are delighted, we stuck to our task and are over the moon to be building momentum for the next game. We are so delighted to be in the semi-finals, it's been a big competition from day one because we had a lot to prove to ourselves.

"But for us it is all about building momentum and every time we have done that. If it is New Zealand that we are playing we will prepare hard, we know it will be a tight game again but a good showcase and hopefully a great match."

New Zealand, who won silver in Delhi four years ago, face Canada at the National Hockey Centre in Glasgow later today.