Amy Jones admits the situations on the Girls’s T20 World Cup will problem her as a wicketkeeper.
England have accomplished a preparatory coaching camp in Abu Dhabi forward of the beginning of their marketing campaign on Saturday towards Bangladesh in Sharjah.
The event was on account of be held in Bangladesh however political unrest led to a late change to the United Arab Emirates, the place wickets are prone to be low bouncing.
“If it retains low, that’s a problem,” mentioned Jones. “I’m fairly a tall keeper and I’m undoubtedly most comfy working round hip top. I feel loads of keepers are.
“And, for me, even bouncy wickets are extra of a desire. Preserving a powerful posture and staying low for longer goes to be the largest problem for me, and if there’s any flip or inconsistent flip, issues like that may be a problem.
“The coaching has been fairly particular for what we’d get then it’s simply adapting from there.”
England will go into the event as one of many favourites having excelled within the quick format over the summer season.
Spin Assault
Whereas the wickets might not swimsuit Jones, they’re prone to be worthwhile for England’s top-class spin assault, with Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn and Charlie Dean joined by Linsey Smith.
“I feel spin will play an enormous issue on this World Cup,” mentioned Jones.
“We’re very fortunate to have three massively skilled spinners after which Linsey becoming a member of us as properly, and he or she’s received an enormous quantity of expertise throughout the home recreation and has clearly performed in a World Cup earlier than.
“We undoubtedly really feel very fortunate as a crew to have these 4. They’re all a bit completely different so that they’ve received completely different threats, they assault completely different edges they usually’re an enormous asset to us.”
Scotland Shock?
England’s different group video games are towards South Africa, West Indies and Scotland, who Jones predicts might spring a shock or two on their World Cup debut.
“It’s glorious for Scotland,” she mentioned. “They’ve received a extremely sturdy crew. Clearly they’d some fast success towards Pakistan within the warm-ups so I feel their confidence will likely be excessive.
“We all know loads of their gamers from the home (recreation). They’re undoubtedly a risk. The usual throughout the entire of worldwide cricket is so good nowadays and anybody can actually win.”
One other problem will likely be protecting power and spirits excessive in entrance of what might properly be low attendances for matches.
“It’s fairly diverse by means of worldwide cricket,” mentioned Jones. “We get nice crowds at residence and after we go to India, and the group can actually carry your power as a crew.
“It makes it rather a lot simpler to buzz round and placed on a present. That’s one thing we’ve spoken about as a crew, how can we convey the excessive power recreation that we would like, excessive depth fielding, operating between the wickets, no matter what the ambiance is like.”
