England will be happy with that whopping win. Centuries for Tammy Beaumont and new opening partner Amy Jones – who broke her ODI century duck. Five wickets on debut for Linsey Smith, who has waited so long in Ecclestone’s shadow. Things to work on? As NSB intimated, they weren’t razor sharp in the field, and their bowlers occasionally wandered off course.
West Indies were outclassed, but not embarrassed – almost batting out their fifty overs and making their highest score against England. The next ODI is at Leicester on Wednesday – where the outfield is hard and the ball runs fast. Join us to watch the boundaries flow. Till then, bye!
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Post-match interviews
Amy Jones: I feel pretty good, I was really excited to get the opportunity to bat at the top again. I enjoy the chance to get out there and set the tone, I love batting with Tam and am happy with the way it went today. I thought they bowled pretty well at the top, but a great wicket to bat on.
Hayley Matthews: The openers batted really well we weren’t able to break through until they were pretty set. I think we need to reduce the number of boundary balls, which meant they were able to get over 300. For Qiana [Joseph] to be able to come out like that after the way her tour has been going is a big plus for us. We can take a lot of positives today, getting up to this total with so many young girls.
NSB: The team did brilliantly. The openers read conditions really well, played brilliantly, and then we accelerated really well. Linsey Smith bowled brilliantly, she had to wait a bit of time to get the ball in her hand. I’m most proud of the change of leadership and coach and settling in as cricketers and committing to what we wanted to do. We could have fielded a little bit better we can’t dip on our energy and commitment in that.
