England ended the summer internationals with a 5-0 series victory and a record 13th win after beating New Zealand by 20 runs at Lord’s on Wednesday, but not before sparking another top-flight loss with spin Sequential fluctuations. Although Jon Lewis has denied it would cause concern on the pitch at the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October.
“I feel like we’ve pretty much covered all the bases right now,” the head coach said. “We’ve played some good cricket in this series and we’re confident we can win the World Cup.”
Lewis has said he will send an unofficial ‘A’ team to Ireland in September, England’s last scheduled international match before that World Cup, but this has not been requested by captain Heather Knight ruthless performance. Reduced to 83 for six with all six bowled, England got out of trouble thanks to an innings of 46 from Knight and poor performance from New Zealand’s bat.
A better team might well have beaten England’s 155, but this New Zealand side was thoroughly demoralized and unfortunately used to defeat. “We know there are greater challenges ahead,” Lewis added.
In the third over of the chase, Susie Bates was ruled not out by third umpire Anna Harris, who concluded that Lauren Bell’s foot was hitting after England had appealed for a run out at the non-striker’s end. No contact with the ball before hitting the stumps. But three balls later, Bell had Georgia Plimmer behind in an attempt to steal the ball, and Bates held on for three more rounds before pushing Freya Kemp to mid-on. .
There was no dramatic collapse for the visitors this time – they trailed by just three wickets heading into the death overs, with Amelia Kerr and Brooke Halliday putting on a 40-run partnership in the fourth over – — but a slow start means they will struggle to match England’s goal-scoring rate. Needing 51 off 27 balls, Halliday reached for what should have been wide outside off-stump, walked back and walked away knowing she and her team had been outplayed.
If anyone thought England’s spin problems had gone away, the first 45 minutes proved otherwise. Left-armer Fran Jonas registered a career-best four-wicket haul in 22 matches, including the remarkable feat of taking three wickets in four deliveries. Danni Wyatt pulled her to deep mid-wicket and Maia Bouchier came out of nowhere to deliver a soft catch to mid-wicket, but third and The fourth pitch was one to cherish – a catch and throw to her right that removed Nat Sciver-Brunt. Lefty Kemp’s defense.
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At the other end, off-spinner Eden Carson joined the team with wickets in successive overs: Alice Capsey ran down the track and was stumped , while Amy Jones failed to clear a very short long boundary and got tangled up in the ropes. But Charlie Dean teamed up with Knight to complete a successful rescue operation as England scored 46 runs in the last five overs.
