Womens World Cup | Teams that may stand up to stress the longest will come out on prime says Sciver-Brunt

England skipper Sciver-Brunt is assured about her group’s spin assault. | Photo Credit: RITURAJ KONWAR

Nat Sciver-Brunt believes it will be a hard-fought World Cup. “We are beginning with South Africa, who’ve some sensible gamers,” the England captain stated forward of Friday’s match. “Yes, profitable all our warm-up matches is one thing, however I don’t suppose we may take any of the groups calmly. We may take some confidence from these video games, however the nerves will probably be there.”

She added the ladies’s recreation had reached a degree from the place a number of sides have been actually aggressive and will win video games within the match. “We have seen within the first two video games that the groups who may stand up to the stress the longest will come out on prime,” she stated. “Both Australia and India had a wobble of their batting however have been capable of get out of it.”

Sciver-Brunt feels her bowling assault is prepared for the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. “We have an excellent spin assault,” she stated. “We guarantee our spinners within the center are troublesome to get away.”

Her South African counterpart Laura Wolvaardt stated her group loved taking part in in opposition to England on the World Cup. “We will probably be actually eager to get a very good begin in opposition to them tomorrow,” the captain stated. “We have a robust group of gamers and we’ve ready effectively.”

She stated the South African males’s group profitable the World Test Championship was superior. “It was superb to see how the nation supported them,” she stated. “Hopefully we may do one thing comparable on this match to get the nation again behind us.”

Wovaardt stated the World Cup being held in India was huge for the ladies’s recreation. “The recreation has grown extremely in India,” she stated. “The pinnacle of all that’s having the World Cup in India, the place the sport has completely blown up within the final couple of years.”

Published – October 02, 2025 11:05 pm IST