Sciver-brunt Eyes 'euros Moment' In Home World Cup

From nan 2 semi-finals astatine The Oval, India cognize they will play successful nan necktie taking spot connected 30 June if they suffice for nan past four. The first semi-final has been scheduled to statesman astatine 14:30 BST to suit nan Indian TV audience.

This follows a caller shape successful world tournaments, peculiarly for men, erstwhile India's way done a title has been predetermined. The arrangements raise questions complete sporting integrity.

T20 World Cup tourney head Beth Barrett-Wild, said it was "always" a situation to equilibrium fairness pinch commercialized opportunities.

"We're comfortable pinch that balance," said Barrett-Wild.

"Both of those semi-finals are astatine nan aforesaid venue, truthful nan aforesaid conditions for each teams. From a world crippled perspective, if India do scope nan semi-finals, it gives america that scope for India to tune successful and watch that fixture."

Barrett-Wild said nan tourney will return a "watching brief" connected immoderate disruption that could beryllium caused by nan US-Israel warfare pinch Iran.

That conflict has already caused an England training campy successful Abu Dhabi, owed to statesman this week, to beryllium cancelled.

England person not played since losing successful nan semi-finals of nan 50-over World Cup successful October and nan Abu Dhabi travel was owed to beryllium nan 3rd of 3 wintertime camps designed to pass action for nan summer.

"It's evidently a spot of a scary clip successful nan world," said Sciver-Brunt. "As cricketers, we're rather elastic and adaptable. We are looking astatine alternate venues truthful we tin get outside, and return portion successful immoderate of that programme we were going to beryllium doing."

England's ray wintertime schedule has contributed to Lauren Filer's deficiency of competitory action – nan gait bowler has not played since summer.

The 25-year-old said she has utilized nan downtime to remodel her run-up successful a bid debar injuries and perchance adhd other gait to her bowling.

Already 1 of nan astir fearsome bowlers successful nan women's game, Filer rates herself and Australian Tayla Vlaeminck arsenic nan 2 fastest successful nan world.

A velocity of 80mph is seen arsenic a benchmark for utmost gait successful nan women's game. Filer has only conscionable begun to vessel disconnected her afloat run, truthful is yet to study if nan caller attack will person her astatine that velocity connected a regular basis.

"I would emotion personification to deed 80mph consistently," she said. "It would beryllium specified a awesome imaginable for nan women's crippled and I do deliberation it tin happen."