Heather Knight believes England’s crushing ten-wicket warm-up defeat to Sri Lanka is the wake-up call her side needed ahead of Sunday’s T20 World Cup opener against South Africa.
England’s rejigged batting order, which saw the captain herself drop to seven in favour of giving the middle order more time at the crease, struggled with Sri Lanka’s spinners and were restricted to 122/9.
From there it went from bad to worse for Knight’s side as opposite number Chamari Atapattu stole the show in Adelaide, her unbeaten 78 steering her side to a shock victory.
“The defeat is disappointing but it’s better that it happens now than in the World Cup,” said Knight. “I think we’ll learn a lot of lessons from today. Fair play to Sri Lanka, we saw some outstanding batting from them. I think Chamari Atapattu will upset a few teams at this World Cup.
“They bowled well too with their spinners bowling quick into the wicket, which we didn’t react fast enough to. It will give us a kick up the back side, which to be honest, might not be a bad thing. We’ll be ready to come back for our first game on Sunday against South Africa and we know we need to play better against them to be successful.” – Daily Mail
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