Knight ‘relaxed’: England must be higher

“One in every of us has to go forward and end the job and we’ve got to be higher at absorbing stress”; England captain Heather Knight insists her workforce should enhance after their slender World Cup victory over New Zealand. Kate Cross warns towards negativity however says England must be extra medical

Heather Knight desires to see extra from England after she nearly fell in need of profitable towards New Zealand

England captain Heather Knight says her workforce “must be higher” after scoring by a slender margin within the must-win recreation for New Zealand on the Girls’s Cricket World Cup.

A late crash from 5-20 practically knocked England out as they chased down the sub-203 White Ferns at Eden Park, however Anya Shrubsole stored her cool to achieve profitable runs in forty eighth place.

The victory retains the defending champions with an opportunity of exiting the knockout levels and wins over bottoms Bangladesh and Pakistan must be sufficient to maintain them up, though it is going to seemingly drop to the web dash charge.

Credit score goes to the New Zealand workforce, they fought arduous and made it enjoyable ultimately,” Knight stated in his post-match presentation.

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England survived a late meltdown to beat New Zealand with a small one and maintain their World Cup hopes alive

“It felt good to cross the road. It should not have been this shut; we must be higher than that however as we speak it was all about getting the win and luckily, we did.

“We’ve got to be higher, top quality, together with me, one in every of us has to go forward and end the job and we’ve got to be higher at absorbing stress.

“There is a little bit of a aid there and we’ll be on the precise aspect of this win and take into consideration what we may have executed higher and the way we must always have made it simpler.”

Whereas England are but to indicate their finest kind within the match, Knight believes they’re bettering as they transfer towards the enterprise finish of the competitors.

West Indies vs Pakistan

March 21, 2023, 12:30 AM

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“I believe we’re constructing effectively and we’ve got gamers who’re doing effectively,” she added. “Kate Cross was nice once more, and Nat Skever with the ball and the 2 spinners, specifically, was nice.

“It hasn’t clicked but; we nonetheless have not put collectively our greatest cricket so hopefully that can come. Clearly we have had two large video games to win to provide us an opportunity to attain a half.”

Kroos: We’re not medical sufficient

Kate Cross was one in every of England’s high gamers with the ball, going 3-35, and whereas she admitted the workforce was annoyed to permit the match to return shut, it was necessary to not be too pessimistic after such an important win.

“I believe we’re not coping with satisfactory medical remedy,” Al-Khayat advised reporters. “If we take a look at that efficiency, I believe we did very effectively within the first half to restrict New Zealand to only 200 after the beginning. It was a unbelievable effort on the court docket and with the ball.

“In the present day was the efficiency I used to be on the lookout for with the ball. I did not really feel like I contributed as a lot as I’d within the first few matches, so I really feel good”

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“However we speak loads about partnerships, and we’ve not been in a position to scale our multiplication partnership as we speak. Nat [Sciver] Heather hit it effectively however you simply wanted somebody to remain there and attempt to see us at residence.

“If we’re being sincere, the climate modified the pitch slightly bit, it began slipping and we did not adapt to it like we must always have executed as a hitting unit.

“It is as if we misplaced – there’s a whole lot of adverse dialog about it – and clearly it isn’t, we simply received a must-win cricket match towards New Zealand at their residence floor in Eden Park forward of a giant crowd.

England and Pakistan

March 24, 2023, 12:30 AM

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“Popping out by two factors is huge and we should not be too dissatisfied both. We performed half of that recreation very effectively, and match cricket is about peaking on the proper occasions so long as we are able to maintain going and maintain making enhancements, which I really feel we have been doing because the first two video games, Then hopefully we are able to get ourselves into the knockout stage.”

Watch West Indies Girls vs Pakistan Girls from 12:30am on Monday earlier than England tackle Pakistan Girls in one other must-win World Cup match beginning at 12:30am on Thursday. Each matches are reside on Sky Sports activities World Cup.