Given how composed Alice Capsey has looked recently in an England shirt, it’s hard to imagine her getting nervous – but with only days to go until England’s World Cup opener on Friday against Sri Lanka, she admits she is struggling. “I doubt I’ll sleep very well [on Thursday],” she says. “I think it might take me a little while to wind down and switch off from all the nerves and excitement.”
Capsey has been through a lot since she first came to public attention five years ago at the age of 16 by scoring a blazing half-century at Lord’s in the Women’s Hundred: this will be her fourth World Cup. But she is acutely aware that a home tournament brings pressure on a whole different scale. “This is a once-in-a-career opportunity. We’ve got an amazing opportunity as a team to create some really special memories, not only as a group but for the nation.”
