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Team information: Matthews injured
West Indies’ consultant on the toss was once Shemaine Campbell, who status in as captain as a result of a shoulder damage to Hayley Matthews. That’s a large blow – to each groups. So is the absence of Matthews’ opening spouse Qiana Joseph.
Realeanna Grimmond comes into the aspect and can open along Zaida James. Stafanie Taylor and Jannillea Glasgow also are incorporated; Mandy Mangru drops out.
England have made two adjustments, with Alice Davidson-Richards and Lauren Filer changing Charlie Dean and Em Arlott. Nat Sciver-Brunt says they’re willing to take a look at the entire squad forward of the World Cup.
England Beaumont, Jones (wk), Lamb, Sciver-Brunt (c), Dunkley, Capsey, Davidson-Richards, Cross, Smith, Filer, Bell.
West Indies Grimmond, James, Campbelle (c/wk), Taylor, Gajnabi, Glasgow, Alleyne, Claxton, Fraser, Fletcher, Ramharack.
England win the toss and bat
“Looks a good surface,” says NSB, “and as a team we’d like to challenge ourselves to repeat a good batting performance the other day.”
It’s a blustery day in Leicester, greater than a little bit brisk, however the forecast is dry so we must get started on time.
Preamble
Another day, every other England v West Indies fixture. This is their 8th recreation in 15 days throughout codecs and genders – pity the idiot who signed as much as quilt the lot, eh – and thus far England have gained all of them.
If that run continues in Leicester these days, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlotte Edwards clinch their 2d collection win as England captain and trainer. They gained’t be getting over excited – it is a weakened West Indies aspect, and England in most cases hammer them in bilateral collection anyway.
Nasser Hussain made a very good level at the Sky Cricket podcast that, if England wish to turn out to be the most productive on the planet, they must assess their efficiency towards the outstanding Hayley Matthews reasonably than the remainder of the West Indies staff.
Matthews has scored 44 according to cent of West Indies’ runs around the two white-ball collection, with innings of 100*, 6, 71 and 48. Two of her dismissals had been by the hands of Em Arlott, who has stuck the attention in an excellent debut collection.
So has Linsey Smith, a semi-regular within the T20 aspect who took a five-for on her ODI debut on Sunday. And Amy Jones, driven again as much as open within the ODI staff, began with a beautiful century at Derby.
It’s the ones recent main points, reasonably than the reasonably predictable effects, that experience made all of it profitable.
The fit begins at 1pm.