Nat Sciver-Brunt urged England are concentrating on what they’ll handle on the Women’s T20 World Cup and out trying to forestall a semi-final versus defending champs Australia.
The 2 international locations will definitely stay in several last-four face-offs in the event that they full prime of their specific groups, and England relocated an motion extra detailed to assembly their facet of the deal by defeating South Africa.
Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 48 off 36 rounds aided to cut price a tough chase of 125 with 7 gates and 4 rounds to save lots of on a sluggish and diminished Sharjah pitch as England made it 2 from 2 in Group B.
Australia’s proposal obtained a pick-me-up after India’s shock loss by New Zealand not too long ago though Sciver-Brunt is set England will not be paying manner an excessive amount of notification of points exterior their bounds.
“We know that result happened and follow all the games but we’re thinking about ourselves and our next game,” claimed Sciver-Brunt, whose facet play their penultimate group swimsuit versus Scotland on Sunday.
“We’re not pondering an excessive amount of about what the opposite group’s doing by way of positioning in that group.
“We’ve got a five-day gap now. We’ll enjoy some time off and make sure we’re back on it for that third game.”
England had really shed to South Africa at each the 2020 and 2023 Women’s T20 World Cups and reminiscences of an agonising six-run loss within the semi-finals in 2015 have been nonetheless recent.
But England had really underwhelmed with the bat in Saturday’s win versus Bangladesh, signing up merely 118 for 7 and it was their rewriters that noticed to it the mission didn’t go away to an incorrect start.
Their rewriters as soon as once more got here ahead as Sophie Ecclestone gathered 2 for 15 and Sarah Glenn one for 18, with South Africa by no means ever actually in a position to place the hammer down as they revealed 124 for six.
It was the very first 120-plus whole quantity within the occasion on the place nonetheless Sciver-Brunt uncovered this was a significantly better batting strip, no matter England stumbling to fifteen for one after the very first 5 overs.
Alice Capsey’s 19 off 16 rounds was a helpful cameo previous to Sciver-Brunt positioned on 64 in 55 rounds along with Danni Wyatt-Hodge, that adhered to up her 41 versus Bangladesh with a simply as very important run-a-ball 43.
The set rode their good luck generally, with quite a few incorrect pictures lowering in entrance of catchers, nonetheless they adjusted the realm effectively and ran exhausting in between the gates to regularly, if unfashionably, construct up.
Wyatt-Hodge’s termination with 11 off the final 2 overs required was primarily pointless to the result and Sciver-Brunt blinked sumptuously over the covers for her sixth 4 to acquire England residence.
“We didn’t finish our World Cup in the best of ways against South Africa last time so we’re really happy to get over the line,” claimed Sciver-Brunt
“On a barely simpler wicket, we batted a bit higher. We wished to make some modifications and run very well; that was crucial factor, to have that intent by means of the center.
“The normal plan was to have nice intent with working and be sure you’re pushing the fielders and utilizing that momentum to create boundaries. Keeping that scoreboard ticking over was actually essential.
“The conditions are tough, we knew they would be. I think we’ve done some really great learning over these two games and hopefully we can take that into the third game.”
