NAVI MUMBAI: England captain Heather Knight on Saturday conceded India confirmed them methods to play in testing circumstances after Harmanpreet Kaur‘s facet notched up the biggest-ever win by runs in girls’s Take a look at cricket.
Regardless of taking part in on residence soil after 9 years, India crushed England by 347 runs inside three days throughout their one-off Take a look at right here on the DY Patil Stadium.
On the third day, England misplaced all 10 wickets in a barely prolonged first session as off-spinner Deepti Sharma and pacer Pooja Vastrakar shared seven wickets amongst them.
“It most likely deteriorated just a little bit sooner than most likely we anticipated. I feel it was a fairly good (pitch) within the first innings to bat on,” Knight advised the media right here after the conclusion of the sport.
“In the present day (Saturday) they bowled outstandingly. They confirmed precisely methods to play in these circumstances, as you’ll anticipate.
“They simply managed to get just a little little bit of nibble. It was the seam motion this morning once you hit a great space (and) that made it fairly robust. That accounted for clearly a couple of wickets in our top-order,” Knight added.
Knight praised India seamer Vastrakar (3/23) for rattling England whereas taking the wickets of Sophie Dunkley and Nat Sciver-Brunt on successive deliveries.
“I assumed PJ (Pooja Vastrakar) particularly was excellent…the late seam that she obtained off the wicket,” Knight mentioned.
“(A) good lesson to our bowlers about methods to bowl in these circumstances. Clearly, with the spin, it was fairly excessive,” she mentioned.
The England skipper didn’t overlook to say India’s strategy with the bat on the primary day, whereby they scored 410/7 at round 4.5 runs an over.
“We discovered lots from how India performed of their first innings — how they discovered that proper degree between assault and and defence and making an attempt to place strain again on the bowlers,” Knight mentioned.
“We discovered lots from that (and) tried to take it into immediately just a little bit, however (the best way) India bowled. That they had an excellent day and actually suited these circumstances in how they executed their plans,” she mentioned.
Knight mentioned it was ‘soul-destroying’ for England pacers as there was not sufficient stick with it the pitch.
“There have been a couple of nicks that didn’t carry, which could be fairly soul-destroying for a few of these quick bowlers when your finest ball doesn’t carry to the slips,” Knight mentioned.
“We recognized that the wobble ball was actually efficient and have been making an attempt to get as a lot out of that as we may.”
Knight mentioned taking part in Take a look at cricket in India can expose a cricketer to shortcomings.
“Very, very excessive circumstances for us. One thing that India does (to you) as a cricketer.
“Once you do face these excessive circumstances, it actually challenges you and exposes areas in your sport that you might want to be higher and totally different ability units that you might want to have in several circumstances,” she mentioned.
Regardless of taking part in on residence soil after 9 years, India crushed England by 347 runs inside three days throughout their one-off Take a look at right here on the DY Patil Stadium.
On the third day, England misplaced all 10 wickets in a barely prolonged first session as off-spinner Deepti Sharma and pacer Pooja Vastrakar shared seven wickets amongst them.
“It most likely deteriorated just a little bit sooner than most likely we anticipated. I feel it was a fairly good (pitch) within the first innings to bat on,” Knight advised the media right here after the conclusion of the sport.
“In the present day (Saturday) they bowled outstandingly. They confirmed precisely methods to play in these circumstances, as you’ll anticipate.
“They simply managed to get just a little little bit of nibble. It was the seam motion this morning once you hit a great space (and) that made it fairly robust. That accounted for clearly a couple of wickets in our top-order,” Knight added.
Knight praised India seamer Vastrakar (3/23) for rattling England whereas taking the wickets of Sophie Dunkley and Nat Sciver-Brunt on successive deliveries.
“I assumed PJ (Pooja Vastrakar) particularly was excellent…the late seam that she obtained off the wicket,” Knight mentioned.
“(A) good lesson to our bowlers about methods to bowl in these circumstances. Clearly, with the spin, it was fairly excessive,” she mentioned.
The England skipper didn’t overlook to say India’s strategy with the bat on the primary day, whereby they scored 410/7 at round 4.5 runs an over.
“We discovered lots from how India performed of their first innings — how they discovered that proper degree between assault and and defence and making an attempt to place strain again on the bowlers,” Knight mentioned.
“We discovered lots from that (and) tried to take it into immediately just a little bit, however (the best way) India bowled. That they had an excellent day and actually suited these circumstances in how they executed their plans,” she mentioned.
Knight mentioned it was ‘soul-destroying’ for England pacers as there was not sufficient stick with it the pitch.
“There have been a couple of nicks that didn’t carry, which could be fairly soul-destroying for a few of these quick bowlers when your finest ball doesn’t carry to the slips,” Knight mentioned.
“We recognized that the wobble ball was actually efficient and have been making an attempt to get as a lot out of that as we may.”
Knight mentioned taking part in Take a look at cricket in India can expose a cricketer to shortcomings.
“Very, very excessive circumstances for us. One thing that India does (to you) as a cricketer.
“Once you do face these excessive circumstances, it actually challenges you and exposes areas in your sport that you might want to be higher and totally different ability units that you might want to have in several circumstances,” she mentioned.
