England march on
With the odd stutter… It was a puzzling display from both sides, Ireland and England’s top orders excelled in the PowerPlay overs but then both batting line-ups sort of fell in a heap afterwards. England had the nouse to see it over the line comfortably enough in the end and as Captain Heather Knight mentioned in the post match presser a moment ago – it’s two points in the bag as they roll on to face India in Gqeberha on Saturday.
We’ll be back to OBO that one but that’s all from me today, thanks for tuning in and goodbye!
Updated
Ireland’s captain Laura Delany speaks:
We’re disappointed but fair play to England. There are positives to take but we need big partnerships in the next game. Our top three batted with great intent, the next step is to keep the momentum going and give the middle order a platform. We are looking forward to playing Pakistan in the next game. It’s brilliant to have family away from home being so noisy in the stands, it’s great to have them supporting us.”
England skipper Heather Knight:
Ireland came at us hard and our spinners brought it back form us. We’ve got three world-class options (Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn and Sophie Ecclestone) - off-spin, leg-spin, left-arm. Alice broke the back of the chase, we made it hard for ourselves towards the end but it’s two points.
In T20 cricket, it’s a bit of a mantra, take the game on, we’ve got the depth to go hard and get ahead of the game. India (next up) is going to be a great game.
