I in all probability didnt count on to get that a lot spin: Alana King

Two wickets, 4 maidens and extracting most flip from a flat floor to complete with an economic system charge of 1.80 — Alana King put in a star flip with the ball to assist limit Bangladesh to a below-par whole, one which Australia chased down with ease on Thursday evening.

Speaking after the defending champion sealed its spot within the semifinals, King admitted that she was shocked by how the pitch behaved.

“I in all probability didn’t count on to get that a lot spin, however when you do, it’s simply adjusting your plans, ever so barely,” she mentioned.

King additionally make clear the Aussies’ plan to stifle an already underperforming Bangladeshi batting unit.

“I stored my plan fairly easy. We needed to be actually disciplined within the size and power them to play a shot that they’re not snug with. With the little bit of spin and bounce on this wicket, I used to be simply making an attempt to extract as a lot as I might. We know that Bangladesh are fairly good in opposition to spin, they play fairly sq. of the wicket, so it was about simply difficult them on the entrance foot,” she defined.

The 29-year-old additionally said that Australia, after an uncharacteristically sloppy fielding efficiency, might want to do higher forward of clashes with England and South Africa.

“We satisfaction ourselves on our fielding. It is one thing that we’ll discuss and mirror on. We’ve obtained two fairly massive video games arising, so we all know each likelihood that goes up, we’ll have to seize as a lot as we are able to,” she mentioned.