England win... but there's more to come
Congratulations to England who take the T20I series 2-1 but they will see it only as half a job done. September might be creaking along, the nights drawing in and the mercury drooping but there are three ODIs against India still to come next week. Pocket warmers at the ready.
We’ll have them and you covered on the OBO next week, do join us for those. For now, goodbye!
Post match presentation:
Sophie Ecclestone is POTM for her 3-25: “I have enjoyed being the vice-captain in this series, taking more responsibility and talking to youngsters. Amy has been a good captain, we’ve had three players missing so it is good to see youngsters step up.”
Sophia Dunkley is POTS (player of the series): “I am proud of the girls because we are missing three of our key players. A few of us tried to step up since it is a young team. We pulled together well and the results speak for themselves. (On batting) I want to go hard in the first few overs but I try to soak up the pressure and it will come gradually. I’m really proud of this group with the young players though, we are going to have a shot at the T20 World Cup next year.”
Harmanpreet Kaur: “We were 20 runs short today but credit to our bowlers. Because of them we were in the game. We need to stick to our strengths. We were not able to bat the way we would have liked to today. If we can build more partnerships then that can give us good motivation to fight.”
Amy Jones: “It feels really good. I’m proud of the whole group, the way they stepped up, big time, has been brilliant.”
“The second game shows that at times going out hard is not going to pay off, but if we back ourselves, we can do well, that’s what we will aim for in the ODIs.”
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