England captainHeather Knightexpressed her opinion afterIndia defeated England by a record 347 runs in the Navi Mumbai Test match.
India played their first Test match on home soil in nine years and defeated England by 347 runs in seven sessions. This is a world record for the margin of victory by point difference.
India’s spinners – Deepti Sharma (9-39 in the match), Sune Rana (2-44) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2-45) shared 13 wickets between them. In his three T20Is last week, home spinners including debutants Saika Ishak and Shreyanka Patil he took 12 wickets at 17.91 and conceded 7.58 overs.
India posted a score of 410 for 7 on the first day, which is the second highest single-day score in history, with a first innings total of 428 and a score of 4.09. Sophie Ecclestone was England’s best player. The world-ranked spinner in both ODIs and T20Is had an unusually bad day at work.
The Indian spinners then took their turn and England had only 63 overs throughout the innings.
In the post-match press conference, England captain Heather Knight expressed her views on the DY Patil Cricket Academy pitch. “These conditions were really extreme. I’ve never seen so much rotation on the pitch and such dry conditions. In the main formats we play, T20 and 50 overs, there are so many You won’t get a [turn].”
You can see Knight’s point. This was England’s first Test match in Asia since the 2004/05 season. In fact, since the beginning of 2010, they have only played his 12 Test matches, less than one a year, his 149 ODIs and his 174 T20Is. . Test matches are so rare that the ICC does not maintain a ranking. There is no red-ball cricket at any level, so it would probably be unfair to expect tour batsmen to adapt to the kinks of the Indian pitch.
“Our problem used to be with spin…the ball wasn’t spinning.” If you look at the wickets Ash Gardner took in the Ashes, there weren’t many wickets with spin. “My exits were spin, but a lot of them were outside edges and the ball wasn’t spinning,” Knight added.
“Those conditions were extreme and I would be surprised if we faced a similar situation again unless we do another Test in India in the near future, which I don’t think is planned.” I hope it improves as much as possible. The face of Bangladesh. Spin is the mainstream in women’s soccer, and if we can improve it, we will have a big advantage. ”
Knight admitted that the pitch “probably deteriorated a little faster than we anticipated” and that it was “pretty good for the first few innings that were played.” The spin was pretty extreme. ” Debutant Shubha Satheesh, who scored his 69 in his debut match, had also expressed a similar opinion on the water on the first day.
“We found bobbleball to be very effective and tried to make the most of it as possible,” Knight added. “The pitch has gotten worse, so it wobbles a little. It also wobbles a little when it rotates.”
Knight also explained Ecclestone’s performance, which saw him secure five of India’s 16 wickets despite not being at his best. “Sophie is coming back from surgery and the expectations for her are very high. She is very good and is the best spinner in the world. She has high expectations – that’s why she’s so great. It was tough for her.
“When she bowled for right-handed players, she bowled in the best parts of the pitch where there wasn’t too much traffic. The threat was more for left-arm spinners than for left-handed players. Yes, she was bowling very well against left-arm spinners.”
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