England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn is eyeing a grandstand end to the T20 sequence in opposition to New Zealand and a maiden five-wicket haul in Wednesday’s closing sport at Lord’s.
‘The House of Cricket’ performs host to the sequence finale – reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 5.30pm (first ball 6pm) – with a bumper crowd of over 20,000 anticipated to be in attendance to see if England can go the summer time unbeaten.
One rained off ODI in opposition to Pakistan in Could is the one sport they haven’t gained, with the staff now hoping to observe up a 3-0 ODI sequence win over New Zealand with a 5-0 whitewash within the T20Is.
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Glenn, who took 4-19 in the newest win at The Oval on Saturday, additionally has a private milestone in thoughts.
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Highlights from The Kia Oval as Glenn’s 4 wickets helped England beat New Zealand within the fourth T20 worldwide
“You can’t help but be excited by Lords,” she instructed Sky Sports activities. “It is such a particular place to play and it could be actually an amazing alternative to play in entrance of a crowd like that.
“We’re so glad to have all of the assist as a result of it is at all times particular to have individuals maintain backing us.
“It reminds us of why we play. A lot of the time we grew up playing barely in front of anyone. You turn up and you see a crowd there with this big smile on their face, for me, it instantly calms me and I’m like ‘okay, this is why I’m doing it – I’m here to entertain these guys’.”
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Glenn claims her fourth wicket in opposition to New Zealand within the fourth T20I
On the potential for ending the sequence with a maiden five-wicket haul, Glenn added: “That would be the cherry on top of the cake, to be honest.
“Lord’s is particular for me, as a result of I went there to look at the 2017 World Cup closing when England gained. I used to be within the crowd and I keep in mind pondering I actually wish to be with these women and have fun with these women.
England gained the 50-over Girls’s World Cup at Lord’s in 2017, with Glenn amongst these watching on within the crowd
“I know Wednesday is not a World Cup final but still very privileged to play there.”
Whereas Wednesday is just not a World Cup sport, there may be one simply across the nook, with the Girls’s T20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh in October.
England’s dominance over New Zealand by means of the primary 4 T20Is of the sequence has served as the right preparation for the match… one the place Glenn and their thrilling crop of spinners are set to have a significant impression.
England fielded 4 spinners within the series-opening win in Southampton – Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean and Linsey Smith – and so they have just about all left their mark on proceedings.
Off-spinner Dean claimed her one centesimal T20I wicket in that opening match, whereas left-arm spinner Ecclestone – the world’s No 1 bowler in ODI and T20 cricket – took four-for within the third T20I in Canterbury on her option to turning into the quickest within the format to take 125 wickets.
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Sophie Ecclestone tears by means of New Zealand, taking 4 wickets for less than 25 runs within the third T20I
As for Glenn, who is simply behind Ecclestone because the world’s second-ranked bowler in T20Is, she pitched in with a four-for of her personal within the newest seven-wicket thumping of New Zealand at The Oval.
“We all offer something different,” Glenn mentioned. “However I feel we even have the identical objective by way of simply hitting the stumps as a lot as we are able to… and that is actually efficient in T20 cricket, particularly when batters are coming after you, for those who maintain the stumps in play.
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Glenn took two wickets in an over within the fourth T20I in opposition to New Zealand
“Looking ahead to the World Cup, in Bangladesh, it’s worth considering all options.
“A few of us would possibly get extra activate the ball, a few of us have a bit extra tempo and issues like that, so we speak about how every of us may be at our greatest for every opposition we play relying on the pitch and issues like that.
“It’s only exciting for us as a group to just see where we can take our cricket, doing it with a smile on our face and really enjoying it.”
What’s subsequent?
The fifth and closing T20 worldwide between England and New Zealand takes place at Lord’s on Wednesday, reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 5.30pm (first ball 6pm) as England look to clinch a 5-0 whitewash within the sequence.
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