England Captain Heather Knight is hoping the experience gained from winning the Women’s World Cup in 2017 can help her team defeat favourites Australia for this year’s title in Christchurch on Sunday.
England Captain Heather Knight is hoping the experience gained from winning the
England – champions after defeating India in the final five years ago – face an Australian side that has dominated them in recent meetings and is looking to claim the country’s seventh 50 overs crown. A one-wicket win over hosts New Zealand kick-started their campaign mid-way through the group phase. Subsequent wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan took them to the semi-finals, where they thrashed South Africa by 137 runs.
“In that first group game we pushed them really hard, batted remarkably and I think our bowling has started to peak towards the back end of this competition,” she said.
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