England batter Sophia Dunkley on Wednesday mentioned her group is conscious of dealing with a whole lot of spin bowling from Pakistan forward of their league match at Hagley Oval. Defending champions England have been on the verge of an early exit from the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup after losses to Australia, West Indies and South Africa.
But wins towards India and New Zealand have introduced their marketing campaign again on observe. Now, to get into the semifinals, England should win their matches towards Pakistan and Bangladesh to enter the final 4 levels.
“I feel Pakistan’s bowling assault was actually good. They have gotten a whole lot of good spinners of their assault. We know there’s going to be a whole lot of spin coming our means. So, it’s simply enjoying that effectively as finest as we will with the bat and placing in a very good efficiency towards them. But they’ve clearly come off with nice win, so will probably be difficult I’m certain,” said Dunkley in the pre-match virtual press conference.
Dunkley feels that playing at Hagley Oval, the venue for first semifinal as well as the final of the tournament, will add up as motivation to reach the knockout stages.
“We love it here at Christchurch. We played here a year ago in an ODI, and it’s a great ground and pitch looks nice and the nets were really good as well. Being here and look at the outfield and everything, it’d be great to be here in a week and a half time and I have to visualize that as well. Definitely really good motivation for that.”
Dunkley, who has contributed with good variety of 30s with the bat, mentioned that the expertise of enjoying each match within the ongoing event as a do-or-die affair because the first three losses helps them.
“The final two video games have been nearly like semi-finals in themselves for us as a result of, had we misplaced, it will have put us in a horrible place. Having these experiences and people emotions will likely be nice and hopefully, we will get a pair extra wins that aren’t as nerve-wracking or aren’t as shut, however it’s good to have that have for certain.”
Dunkley signed off by expressing her wish to finish matches and secure a win for England with the bat. “It’d be finishing games off and just getting that win clinically done. At the end of the day, we’ve lost a few wickets later on in the game and it puts a bit of pressure. So, having it better that after that, at the end, we’re definitely dealing with a lot of good. So, definitely finish few more games going forward.”
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