And so ‘Jonball’ is born. “I’ve just made that up,” said Nat Sciver-Brunt, as she described the new ethos coach Jon Lewis has brought to the England team after they thumped West Indies by seven wickets in their T20 World Cup opener in Paarl. “But we haven’t ever spoken about Bazball [as a team], so let’s make Jonball a thing.”
The last time England met these opponents in a T20 international, just over seven weeks ago, West Indies mustered 43. Captain Hayley Matthews almost surpassed that total single-handed on Saturday, striking 42 off 32 balls, as her team racked up 135 for seven.
