{"id":51553,"date":"2026-03-04T00:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51553"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:35:06","slug":"cr5l7g9997roat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/04\/cr5l7g9997roat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup: England captain Sciver-Brunt eyes &#8216;Euros moment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From the two semi-finals at The Oval, India know they will play in the tie taking place on 30 June if they qualify for the last four. The first semi-final has been scheduled to begin at 14:30 BST to suit the Indian TV audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This follows a recent pattern in global tournaments, particularly for men, when India&#8217;s route through a competition has been predetermined. The arrangements raise questions over sporting integrity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">T20 World Cup tournament director Beth Barrett-Wild, said it was &#8220;always&#8221; a challenge to balance fairness with commercial opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re comfortable with that balance,&#8221; said Barrett-Wild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Both of those semi-finals are at the same venue, so the same conditions for all teams. From a global game perspective, if India do reach the semi-finals, it gives us that reach for India to tune in and watch that fixture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barrett-Wild said the tournament will take a &#8220;watching brief&#8221; on any disruption that could be caused by the US-Israel war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That conflict has already caused an England training camp in Abu Dhabi, due to begin this week, to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England have not played since losing in the semi-finals of the 50-over World Cup in October and the Abu Dhabi trip was due to be the third of three winter camps designed to inform selection for the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s obviously a bit of a scary time in the world,&#8221; said Sciver-Brunt. &#8220;As cricketers, we&#8217;re quite flexible and adaptable. We are looking at alternate venues so we can get outside, and take part in some of that programme we were going to be doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England&#8217;s light winter schedule has contributed to Lauren Filer&#8217;s lack of competitive action \u2013 the pace bowler has not played since summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 25-year-old said she has used the downtime to remodel her run-up in a bid avoid injuries and potentially add extra pace to her bowling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Already one of the most fearsome bowlers in the women&#8217;s game, Filer rates herself and Australian Tayla Vlaeminck as the two fastest in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A speed of 80mph is seen as a benchmark for extreme pace in the women&#8217;s game. Filer has only just begun to bowl off her full run, so is yet to learn if the new approach will have her at that speed on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I would love someone to hit 80mph consistently,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It would be such a great prospect for the women&#8217;s game and I do think it can happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Womens #T20 #World #Cup #England #captain #SciverBrunt #eyes #Euros #moment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the two semi-finals at The Oval, India know they will play in the tie taking place on 30 June&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51555,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51553\/revisions\/51555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}