IND-W vs ENG-W Live: Amy Jones has urged England to focus on enjoying their cricket as they look to get their title defence back on track against India at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. Follow IND-W vs ENG-W Live updates on Insidesport.IN
England suffered their third consecutive loss of the tournament against South Africa last time out, losing by three wickets following previous defeats to Australia and West Indies.
IND-W vs ENG-W Live: Focused on ending losing streak, England batter Amy Jones urges fans to ‘Enjoy cricket’ and not put huge pressure on team
That result was underpinned by more fielding errors, including dropped chances and a missed stumping, but Jones believes England are more than capable of righting those wrongs.
“After the West Indies game, we dropped and missed a lot of chances, so we spoke about that as a group, obviously not wanting to put a huge amount of pressure on the first opportunity that comes in the next game,” she said in an official statement.
“We just spoke about how we want to be really positive, really supportive of each other out there and just do the little things right, like attacking the ball and getting some good energy going. The chances will be created from that and we know our skill level is good enough to take those chances. It was unfortunate that we missed a few last time out, but with the games coming so quick you have to look individually if there’s any quick learnings you can make,” she added.
IND-W vs ENG-W Live: Focused on ending losing streak, England batter Amy Jones urges fans to ‘Enjoy cricket’ and not put huge pressure on team
Jones was one of England’s standout performers against South Africa, contributing a maiden World Cup half-century, and the wicketkeeper admitted it was nice to be back among the runs after a lean spell.
“It’s obviously good to score some runs as I’ve obviously been quite short of runs recently so it was a bit of a relief to be honest but I didn’t change a huge amount,” she said.
“I’d been struggling to rotate the strike in the first few games and then been putting some unnecessary pressure on myself so I was just trying to stay relaxed at the crease. I wanted to trust my timing and not try and force it if there were a few dot balls. It was great to get going into my innings and have that partnership with Tammy (Beaumont),” she added.
England have a good recent record against India and with every game now a must-win for the reigning champions, Jones hopes that will come into play when they meet again.
IND-W vs ENG-W Live: Focused on ending losing streak, England batter Amy Jones urges fans to ‘Enjoy cricket’ and not put huge pressure on team
“It definitely helps,” she added. “It’s quite natural to look back at the last games you played against them and to have that recent success against them as a group will give us confidence.”
India come into the game after beating West Indies in their last match by 155 runs, taking their record to two wins from three matches, as Harmanpreet Kaur scored a brilliant century.
And Kaur believes batting and bowling partnerships have been the key to India’s success so far, something she wants them to repeat when they face England in Maunganui.
“I think in batting the great partnerships is important and in bowling, the way we build partnerships especially,” she explained. “I feel we do that really well and those are the things we want to continue in the England match and the upcoming matches.
IND-W vs ENG-W Live: Focused on ending losing streak, England batter Amy Jones urges fans to ‘Enjoy cricket’ and not put huge pressure on team
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