Can England become the best in the world in both 50-over and 20-over cricket? Mark Robinson, the coach of the team, doesn’t think it’s beyond the realm of possibility.
In fact, Robinson thinks that being underdogs at the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 next month will work well for the team, exactly as it did at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017.
‘World-class’, he called his bunch of players, who have beaten Australia, New Zealand India and South Africa in T20 Internationals in the past few months and are third in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings.
We will take quite a lot of the players to the Caribbean who have made a move in their game in T20. Nat Sciver, Heather Knight, Tammy Beaumont are proven world-class international 50-over players – they probably haven't quite done it in the shorter format on a regular basis but I think they are very good players,” Robinson told Sky Sports.
Among the players to have adapted to the shortest game well is Danielle Wyatt, one of only two players – Deandra Dottin of the Windies is the other – to score two T20I centuries, and Amy Jones, the wicket-keeper batter.
“Danni Wyatt showed (her quality) in her hundred at Canberra (against Australia last year); Amy Jones did this summer, but can they now do it on a big stage? That was the challenge when we went into the 50-over World Cup at home,” said Robinson.
If England are to win it in the Caribbean, Wyatt might well have to play a big role for Heather Knight’s team.“Danni is a major player for us and has a chance to win a game for us by herself, like a Lizelle Lee, a Sophie Devine, a Suzie Bates, an Alyssa Healy,” acknowledged Robinson. “Danni is in that bracket – she's someone the opposition want to get out as they know she can hurt them.”
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