‘England’s bowling attack led them to the final and I know Lottie will be proud of the team.....’
she took on the daunting task of bowling in the powerplay. She grew in confidence as the tournament went on, and I hope this continues through tours to come. England’s bowling attack led them to the final and I know Lottie will be proud of the team. I also think she will admit that the batting just didn’t fire and cost them the trophy. In the run up to the final they only set a total once and the highest total they had to chase was 133 against the West Indies in a game which they lost. There was a lot of talk about where the batting ‘went wrong’ and most critics pinned it down to lack of six hitting. We were the only team who didn’t manage to hit a single maximum in the tournament. I couldn’t agree more with this theory. England last won the tournament in 2009 and back then we were world leaders in innovation. We were the first team to be paddle sweeping the fast bowlers such as Elyse Perry and reverse sweeping the spinners. The rest of the world has now caught up with us and the women’s game hasPhoto moved on. In order to win this credits: Canada Rugby June 2014 79