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BBC News
7 hours ago
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- BBC News
Katherine Sciver-Brunt questions England players' mindset
Legendary former bowler Katherine Sciver-Brunt questioned the mindset of some of England's players during their defeat by India, suggesting sometimes they look "lazy".After India piled up 318-5, England slid to a 13-run defeat in Chester-le-Street and the tourists clinched the series England's record wicket-taker, was a notoriously vocal player on the field and suggested the team were lacking similar characters."I wouldn't say that nobody in this team wants it, they all want it and to do their best," she told BBC Test Match Special."There is a lot of timid people and not many front-footed people who are willing to do anything." There were a number of misfields in India's innings – a regular problem for the current England the wife of England captain Nat, said players "don't want the ball because they are scared to fail"."I played with a lot of passion and it certainly wasn't on the inside, you can see what I felt a lot of the time," she said. "I put a lot of pride into what I did, everything was life and death."It's hard for me to understand some people sometimes and their attitudes because to me it looks lazy and they are not trying and don't care as much."While Sciver-Brunt did not name any players, she said she "sometimes" sees such attitudes in the current set-up."I don't think everyone is doing everything they possibly can," Sciver-Brunt added."And the key to that question is why? I don't think there is anything malicious in that, it is a mental thing. We just need to be stronger internally and be more outwards with our fight." Asked about the comments afterwards Nat Sciver-Brunt said "everyone on that pitch is committed to doing the best they can for England"."I have actually been in that situation before when I was a lot younger – 'oh she is so relaxed, doesn't look like she is that interested'."On the inside that is not what is true. From the outside people might look in different ways but you never know what it going on on the inside."Playing for the first time under Nat Sciver-Brunt and new coach Charlotte Edwards, England swept aside West Indies at the start of the summer but the defeat by India follows the loss in the T20 series earlier this about her former team-mates' comments, Edwards added: "I couldn't be happier with where the squad is at in terms of their attitude and effort and professionalism."That was something I made very clear when I came into this role and I couldn't be happier."
The Guardian
8 hours ago
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- The Guardian
India win women's ODI series decider as Kaur century gives England mountain to climb
India finished their tour of England with a 13-run win at Chester-le-Street and a 2-1 one-day international series victory, although England came desperately close to pulling off what would have been a record run chase, falling just short of their 319-run target. The hosts had been in trouble at eight for two, but Nat Sciver-Brunt and Emma Lamb overcame the faltering start to add 162 runs for the third wicket and give England hope. Lamb was bowled by Shree Charani for 68 and Sciver-Brunt gloved the ball to a diving Richa Ghosh in the 35th over, two runs short of a century. Some nifty boundary-striking in the gaps from Sophia Dunkley, Charlie Dean and Alice Davidson-Richards kept them in touch. But with England needing 55 from the last five overs, Jemimah Rodrigues held on to two excellent catches at long-on and seamer Kranti Goud finished up with six for 52, as the hosts were ultimately unable to quite match the late-innings acceleration of their opponents. With the World Cup now 10 weeks away, England will take renewed confidence from the efforts of a middle order which looks at last to have absorbed some of the coach Charlotte Edwards's lessons about prioritising intelligent cricket above showboating. On the other hand, England could have sent Harmanpreet packing for 22, had they referred a leg-before call in the 28th over to the third umpire. It was one of two non-referrals which would have seen an India batter dismissed – the other was against Harleen Deol – and exposed some uncertainty about England's DRS chain-of-command. Traditionally, it is the captain who makes the final call, but both times here Sciver-Brunt appeared to rely purely on Amy Jones's judgment. Sciver-Brunt eventually held on to a diving catch at extra cover to dismiss Harmanpreet, but with just eight balls left of the innings it was too late to atone. India's captain, who had failed to score above 26 in six previous innings on this tour, specialises in scoring runs when her back is against the wall and on Tuesday – after finally winning a toss at the eighth time of asking – her seventh ODI hundred was the mainstay of India's match-winning total of 318 for five. Earlier, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal had put on a 64-run opening stand for India, but their scoring rate took a nosedive when Sophie Ecclestone was brought on in the 10th over and proceeded to send down a remarkable opening spell of 7-2-14-1, including a wicket maiden in which a frustrated Mandhana pulled straight to Dunkley at short midwicket. Ecclestone conceded just 28 runs in her 10 overs – an incredible feat on a day in which Dean went for 69, Linsey Smith 74 and Lauren Bell 82 – but she was bowled out by the 34th over, leaving India to go big at the back end, hammering 120 from the final 10 overs. In an interview broadcast by Sky before the match, Ecclestone revealed that she had actually come close to retiring earlier in the summer due to the ongoing fallout from the Women's Ashes, during which she came under fire after refusing an interview with the BBC's Alex Hartley. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion 'During that West Indies series [in May] I wasn't actually sure if I was going to come back and play cricket,' Ecclestone said, while struggling to hold back tears. 'I cried to a few people, I cried to my dad. It was a tough time. I was so tired and so drained from the last few months.' Speaking for the first time about the Hartley incident, she said that she felt it had been 'blown out of proportion'; 'I had to put myself first in that situation. Warm-ups in an Ashes game were more important for me [than doing an interview].' Ecclestone added: 'I feel like I've come out the other side now. I'm back playing cricket and I've got a smile on my face again.'
BBC News
9 hours ago
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- BBC News
England well beaten as India take ODI series win
Third Metro Bank one-day international, Banks Homes Riverside India 318-5 (50 overs): Harmanpreet 102 (84), Rodrigues 50 (45)England 305 (49.5 overs): Sciver-Brunt 98; Goud 6-52India won by 13 runsScorecard England were well beaten by India in their winner-takes-all third one-day international in Chester-le-Street as the tourists clinched a 2-1 series a ragged performance in the field left England needing a women's ODI record 319 for victory, the hosts were 8-2 in the third over after Kranti Goud dismissed openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Nat Sciver-Brunt put on 162 with Emma Lamb, who supported with 68, to resurrect the chase but gloved a catch down the leg side on there 121 runs were still needed and, despite 34 from Sophia Dunkley, 44 from Alice Davidson-Richards and 21 from Charlie Dean, it always felt an England win was a long was run out in disappointing fashion in the 40th over and, despite some lower-order hitting reducing England's margin of defeat to 13 runs, 21-year-old seamer Goud returned to wrap up the lower order and finish with 6-52 – her maiden five-wicket were bowled out for 305 in the final not helped by a series of misfields, they were unable to stop India piling up 318-5 with India captain Harmanpreet Kaur stroking 102 from 84 balls. Spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who revealed before the game that she considerd quitting after the fallout of England's Ashes defeat, conceded only 28 from her 10 overs but the rest of the attack all went at more than six runs per opener Smriti Mandhana and number three Harleen Deol both made 45 for India, it was a stand of 110 from just 77 balls between Harmanpreet and Jemimah Rodrigues, who made 50 from 45, which took the game away from result means India follow their victory in the T20 series with another in the ODIs and leaves England with plenty to do not play again in 50-over cricket before departing for the World Cup in India in late September. England flattered by scoreline as India clinch series On paper this looked a close game. In reality India played the better cricket Sciver-Brunt, who began her reign as skipper by sweeping aside West Indies at the start of the summer, pulled off her latest rescue act it would have only papered over the cracks. They have been well short when India have provided a step up in playing in her fifth international, was more accurate and found more movement than England's seamers. A nip-backer to bowl Beaumont for two in the first over was the pick of her the most obvious difference between the sides was in the Sharma dived one-handed to dismiss Jones and, with 55 needed from 30 balls, Rodrigues took a tumbling catch to see off Dean and end England's quest once and for all. The 46th over, bowled by the impressed Goud, included that wicket and only two was unfortunate to glove a ball speared down the leg side by Deepti when attempting a sweep. She remains the class act in a struggling comes The Hundred, perhaps a welcome distraction for the England skipper. After that she will lead England at a World Cup for the first time and on this evidence her side look a class below the rest.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
England target series win over India and World Cup momentum
Off-spinner Charlie Dean is hoping a one-day international series victory over India would take England into the World Cup on a high. Dean and her team-mates head into Tuesday's third match at Chester-le-Street having avenged their four-wicket defeat at Southampton with an eight-wicket victory in a rain-affected clash at Lord's on Saturday to set up a decider in the north-east. A win would make amends for the 3-2 T20 series defeat by the Indians which preceded the 50-over encounters and provide a boost as Charlotte Edwards and her players work towards this Autumn's World Cup campaign in India and Sri Lanka. Dean said: 'It is massively important. We are taking every game as it comes, but ultimately we want to win the series. It will put us with great momentum into the World Cup. 'We've still got a lot of time and a lot of cricket before then, but hopefully it will only help us.' England chased down a revised total of 115 from 24 overs at headquarters to gain a foothold in the series, but they were also able to take positives from their defeat in the opening game when after being reduced to 97 for four, Sophia Dunkley's 83 and a half-century from Alice Davidson-Richards helped them post 258 for six. Dean said: 'While we don't want to be in those situations, it's brilliant that we can learn from that and really grow and put those platforms together where previously we might have crumbled. 'We always want to be on top but realistically, we are not going to win games by 120 runs now, they're going to be closer, so the more that we can spend time in pressure situations and be on the right side of them, the better.' Edwards replaced Jon Lewis as head coach in April and has had little time to hone her squad – from which Alice Capsey has been released to play for Surrey – for what lies ahead, but Dean has been impressed by her consistency in reflecting upon results good and bad. She said: 'That's what really good head coaches do, they stay consistent and I think that will hopefully allow us to really hone in on the learnings that we're having. 'I guess when you've got a World Cup coming up, it doesn't matter too much about the results beforehand as long as you take those learnings and you improve and do that quickly. 'That's maybe where frustrations are if we are making the same mistakes, but hopefully that won't continue to happen as much as we grow and get better. 'I love working with Lottie and she's got a brilliant tactical mind around the game, so I can definitely see us going from strength to strength.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Win in India decider would be 'shift' for England
Winning Tuesday's one-day series decider against India would help "shift" the narrative around the England women's team, says all-rounder Charlie Dean. England levelled the three-match series with victory in a rain-shortened match at Lord's on Saturday, leaving the contest tied at 1-1 going into the final match at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. Following their Ashes hammering by Australia in the winter, England won all six matches against West Indies at the start of the summer but were well beaten by India in the T20 series which followed. "Losing the T20 series and the first game of the 50-over, it would feel like a bit of a shift," Dean said. "To be able to pull that off would be something really special and would give a lot of girls a lot of confidence going to India." Tuesday is England's last official fixture in the 50-over format before their World Cup campaign begins on 3 October against South Africa in India. A regular criticism of England of recent years has been their ability to win bilateral series outside of World Cups, only to lose pressure matches at the major tournaments. They lost to South Africa in the semi-finals of the 2023 T20 World Cup and exited last year's event at the group stage after crumbling in a winner-takes-all match against West Indies. Tuesday's decider will be as close as possible to such moments outside of the global events. "We have seen bilateral series where done really but when come to the World Cup games or tournament cricket we have not had the momentum or been clinical in those pressure moments," Dean said. "Any chance we can emulate that in bilateral series is perfect practice. "Obviously we want to win, but even if we don't we can take those learnings, keep getting better and set ourselves up to have a good 50-over competition. That is the most important. "No matter how the game goes tomorrow that we really reflect and learn from the situation." India women in England 2025
