Nat Sciver-Brunt insisted England are specializing in what they’ll management on the Ladies’s T20 World Cup and never on attempting to keep away from a semi-final in opposition to defending champions Australia.
The 2 nations will probably be in separate last-four showdowns in the event that they end prime of their respective teams, and England moved a step nearer to fulfilling their facet of the cut price by beating South Africa.
Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 48 off 36 balls helped to barter a tough chase of 125 with seven wickets and 4 balls to spare on a sluggish and low Sharjah pitch as England made it two from two in Group B.
Australia’s bid obtained a shot within the arm after India’s shock defeat by New Zealand final week though Sciver-Brunt is adamant England are usually not paying an excessive amount of discover of issues outdoors their bounds.
Specializing in themselves
“We all know that consequence occurred and observe all of the video games however we’re enthusiastic about ourselves and our subsequent sport,” stated Sciver-Brunt, whose facet play their penultimate group match in opposition to Scotland on Sunday.
“We’re not considering an excessive amount of about what the opposite group’s doing when it comes to positioning in that group.
“We’ve bought a five-day hole now. We’ll take pleasure in a while off and ensure we’re again on it for that third sport.”
England had misplaced to South Africa at each the 2020 and 2023 Ladies’s T20 World Cups and reminiscences of an agonising six-run defeat within the semi-finals final yr have been nonetheless recent.
However England had underwhelmed with the bat in Saturday’s win in opposition to Bangladesh, registering simply 118 for seven and it was their spinners who made positive the marketing campaign didn’t get off to a false begin.
Match Motion
Their spinners once more got here to the fore as Sophie Ecclestone collected two for 15 and Sarah Glenn one for 18, with South Africa by no means actually capable of put the hammer down as they posted 124 for six.
It was the primary 120-plus complete within the event on the venue however Sciver-Brunt revealed this was a greater batting strip, regardless of England stumbling to fifteen for one after the primary 5 overs.
Alice Capsey’s 19 off 16 balls was a helpful cameo earlier than Sciver-Brunt placed on 64 in 55 balls alongside Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who adopted up her 41 in opposition to Bangladesh with an equally necessary run-a-ball 43.
The pair rode their luck at instances, with a number of false photographs dropping in entrance of catchers, however they manipulated the sphere effectively and ran onerous between the wickets to steadily, if unfashionably, accumulate.
Wyatt-Hodge’s dismissal with 11 off the final two overs wanted was largely irrelevant to the consequence and Sciver-Brunt flashed sumptuously over the covers for her sixth 4 to get England dwelling.
Getting over the road
“We didn’t end our World Cup in the perfect of the way in opposition to South Africa final time so we’re actually joyful to recover from the road,” stated Sciver-Brunt.
“On a barely simpler wicket, we batted a bit higher. We wished to make some modifications and run very well; that was an important factor, to have that intent via the center.
“The overall plan was to have nice intent with operating and ensure you’re pushing the fielders and utilizing that momentum to create boundaries. Holding that scoreboard ticking over was actually necessary.
“The situations are powerful, we knew they might be. I feel we’ve executed some actually nice studying over these two video games and hopefully we will take that into the third sport.”
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