Women’s T20 World Cup: We fought laborious and it exhibits how we will adapt shortly, says Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner

Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner mentioned that her crew fought laborious and tailored shortly regardless of the unfavourable situations towards New Zealand of their opening match of the Women’s T20 World Cup.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Feb 12, 2023 12:29 IST

Ashleigh Gardner took a 5-wicket haul towards New Zealand. (Photo: Twitter/AusWomenCriket)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner mentioned that the defending champions “fought hard” to adapt to the unfriendly situations for the batters of their Women’s T20 World Cup opening match towards New Zealand.

In the Trans-Tasman conflict, Australia humbled New Zealand with an enormous 97-run victory in Paarl on February 11. The chief architect of the win was Gardner, who took the perfect T20I figures for Australia 5/12 – throughout women and men – within the T20 World Cup.

“These tournaments seem to go really quickly,” Gardner mentioned. “So having a travel day in between and then training to actually get used to those conditions (in Gqeberha) is super important.

“It might be fully completely different to this wicket. I feel everybody’s simply eager to maintain these video games going and to definitely take the momentum from tonight’s recreation. We fought laborious for the win and it simply exhibits how we will adapt actually shortly.

“Conditions weren’t friendly to batters out there and you had to be really calculated in the risks that we took. We probably adapted a bit quicker than New Zealand and took the more calculated risks when they were on offer. As a group we always speak about (the gap), but teams are getting better now and we have to step up in every game,” she added.

Gardner additional heaped reward on star gamers Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry, saying the 2 “grinded through when conditions weren’t easy”. Perry and Healy accelerated Australia’s innings, stitching a 50-run partnership in simply 28 balls.

In reply, New Zealand misplaced each of their star openers, Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine, whereas chasing the 174-run goal. Megan Schutt trapped each the White Ferns within the area of simply three balls.

New Zealand by no means recovered from the early injury as Gardner ran by the middle-order as New Zealand folded for simply 76 in 14 overs. The defending champions Australia will subsequent tackle Bangladesh on February 14.

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Feb 12, 2023