Amy Jones credit children’ injection of vitality for England turnaround

“It feels like youth often brings energy and we’ve seen that with the girls that have come in,” Jones stated. “They’ve really brought a buzz around them and just a real excitement to play for England, which we all have, but it just looks a bit different when you’re a bit younger.

“They actually choose individuals up round them as nicely. I believe English cricket’s in a fantastic place and to see all this competitors for locations is just an excellent factor.

“As a player, when you are given opportunities like this, it can put a bit of extra pressure on you, especially as a young player, thinking, ‘when other people come back, am I still going to have a place?’ and it can be very easy to put a lot of pressure on yourself. So it’s been so pleasing how they don’t seem to be feeling the pressure. Whether they are or not, they seem really cool. They’re just enjoying it and it’s reflected in their performances.”

Jones took 5 catches within the match, turning into the primary England wicketkeeper to take action in a ladies’s ODI, together with three off Filer, as Sri Lanka have been bundled out for 106 in 30.2 overs.

“She’s great fun to keep to with that extra pace,” Jones stated of Filer. “It was quite a slow wicket, I thought, a bit of bounce but not particularly fast up in Durham, so I was really excited when she came on to bowl and still found the carry and pushed me back a bit further.

“With a bowler like Lauren, you simply really feel such as you’re getting a catch each ball. I actually get pleasure from holding to her and was impressed. She’s obtained one thing that not many individuals have within the tempo that she has, so she’s positively an impression participant.

Gaur claimed the prize wicket of in-form Athapaththu in her third over after which bowled opener Anushka Sanjeewani with a superb inswinger to cut back Sri Lanka to 26 for two earlier than claiming the ultimate wicket of the innings.

“I thought they were great,” Jones stated. “Mahika, until this series, I’ve never faced her or kept to her or anything, so it feels like she’s just shot up out of nowhere. But I’ve been so impressed, as has everybody. Something different being a left-hander and her height, but she swings the ball so well and she’s really consistent for a young player too. I’m really excited to see where she can get to in her career.”

Jones was additionally backing her aspect to keep up their momentum heading into Tuesday’s second ODI in Northampton, adopted by the final match in Leicester on Thursday.

“There was a big ask for energy going into the 50-over games, having not played the longer format in a while and at the end of the season,” she stated. “There was a real focus from Lewy [head coach Jon Lewis] making sure that when we’re in the field, we’re fizzing the ball back to me and we are just showing so much energy and I think that really helped as a focus.

“As a gaggle we have been actually disillusioned with how the T20s went. Going into any collection, once you go in as favourites particularly, you wish to get the job completed and convincingly as nicely. So to lose these two video games positively it was disappointing. It was actually key for us to place in an excellent efficiency in Durham and stamp our authority onto the ODI collection.”