Glenn: No backing down as England search return to profitable methods

England will not again down from their attacking model as they search a return to profitable methods within the third and remaining match of their T20I collection with Sri Lanka, which is locked at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s conflict in Derby.

“Definitely it’s runs on the board but also we want to be a team where we can defend any score as well and be a really tight-knit group on the field, so we’ve just considered all aspects of the game to try and improve as we’re always trying to do anyway,” Glenn mentioned.

“We lost quite a lot of wickets and we do have that style of play where we want to play aggressive and fun cricket and we know that comes with sometimes losing those wickets. So I think it’s just keying those partnerships together and not going into our shell, still playing that fun style of cricket.

“With the ball, simply conserving it fairly easy and attempting to get these early wickets within the powerplay after which as a fielding group simply preserve buzzing round serving to our bowlers, that are principally our goals each sport. I feel as a result of we have been simply barely off in most departments, that is what occurs in cricket, when you fail in all departments it makes it fairly exhausting to get better from. Hopefully we are able to tie that again nicely collectively for the following sport.”

“She’s fairly powerful truly to bowl towards,” Glenn said. “You do know that when you’re barely off, she’s sending it into the park. She’s in high kind and he or she’s been a category participant for a really very long time so I feel as a group we can have discussions about the right way to handle that however we additionally know the aptitude of their different gamers too, so simply preserve having discussions about how we conquer that.

“The biggest thing is communication and there’s some new faces into the group so I think the importance is just keep communicating with how things are going. We’re coming off the back of a long summer as well of cricket, so just to keep checking in with each other and make sure we keep sticking together and playing the style of cricket we want to play.”

Ecclestone had surgical procedure after injuring her non-bowling proper shoulder whereas warming-up for Manchester Originals’ match towards Southern Brave final month. In her absence, Glenn and offspinner Charlie Dean have led England’s spin assault.

Dean took 1 for six from her solitary over within the opening match and none for 19 from two overs within the second. While wicketless from the three overs she bowled within the second match – she did not bowl at Hove as rain curtailed Sri Lanka’s innings – Glenn conceded simply 11 runs at an financial system price of three.66.

“Obviously we’re a bit gutted, I miss her on and off the field – she’s an absolute character,” Glenn mentioned of Ecclestone. “But I think it’s a good chance for me and Deano to keep working together and keep pushing the standards and pushing ourselves.”

Growing up watching and enjoying cricket in Derby, Glenn admitted she by no means anticipated to be representing her nation on the similar floor the place she used to hunt autographs.

“Back then I didn’t know much about women’s cricket, obviously it wasn’t in the public eye as much,” Glenn mentioned. “Seeing that young girls can have role models as female cricketers is really exciting. I think it naturally happened because I just enjoyed the game and a lot of the kids I speak to who play here have that as well, which is really special. It’ll be nice to chat to them and hopefully we can inspire them.”