2-3 test match series would have been better: Heather Knight

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Mumbai . England women’s captain Heather Knight said that her team would have bowled better if there had been more Test matches against India on this tour instead of just one red-ball match. She said that there would have been a three-match Test series and they would have had better chances against their opponents. There would have been a better way to test.

England suffered a humiliating 347-run defeat to India in two and a half days of the four-day Test, being bowled out for 136 and 131 in the two innings in reply to India’s total of 428 runs. Knight said he had learned a lesson from the first Test played by England in India since 2005.

“It’s the first time we’ve bowled in a Test match in these conditions. So I think if we had another Test match, we’d have a two-three-match series, I think,” Heather Knight said. We would have done much better.” The England team had earlier won the T20 series 2-1.

The 32-year-old veteran of a dozen Test matches, who is one of the most experienced players in the longer format in women’s cricket, said she has learned both batting and bowling in these conditions.

Knight said, “Yes, it was a good lesson for our bowlers how to bowl in these conditions. And obviously with the spin it was quite extreme. I think the way India bowled in their first innings. “Played, we learned a lot from him about how he got it right.” The level between attack and defense and tried to put pressure back on the bowlers. I think we learned a lot from it. Tried to take it a little further today, but I think India bowled well. He had a fantastic day today and was really apt in how he executed his plans in these conditions. ,

When asked how he rated the DY Patil Stadium pitch, he said it was not his job to give ratings and added that it was not the only reason for their defeat.

Knight said, “If I had won the toss I would have batted, but that’s not why we lost the match. I think it just went a little bit worse. A little bit more than we thought, a little bit quicker. I think. It was okay to bat. It was good to bat on the first day. But yes, I think it was difficult for the fast bowlers when your nicks don’t move and in the slips, we had to get so close to feel like that. You have a chance to take it.”

He admitted that the wicket deteriorated a little more quickly than he expected.

“I think it probably went away a little quicker than we expected. I thought the batting was pretty good in the first innings. But yes, I think he bowled brilliantly today. I think he showed that in these How to play in situations.” As you would expect. They managed to nibble just a little. This morning it was seam movement when you hit a good area. This made it quite difficult. And I think that has obviously accounted for some wickets at the top of our game. I thought Pooja’s (costume) was particularly excellent.”

Asked about the positives for England from the tour, Knight said he was satisfied with the outcome of the T20 series and it will help them as the next two World Cups in white-ball cricket take place in the subcontinent – the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh next year. Cup and the ODI World Cup in India in 2025.

“We were at our best in the first T10 and in the third, we exposed some of our players to these conditions. So, that was positive. Also, we learned how to play Test cricket in these conditions,” he said. Learned a lot.”

–IANS

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