England legspinner Sarah Glenn has been dominated out of the rest of the T20I collection in opposition to New Zealand and at least the primary two ODIs due to concussion.
Glenn picked up the concussion when she landed closely after dropping a catch within the third T20I in Nelson. She didn’t instantly go away the sphere and got here on to bowl the subsequent over however then went off. On the change of innings she was subbed out for Holly Armitage.
Glenn didn’t function within the fourth T20I in Wellington and at most could have the chance to play yet one more recreation on the tour if she is accessible for the final ODI in Hamilton on April 7.
“She is going to now comply with the ECB Graded Return to Play Protocols and can miss at least the fourth (27 March) and fifth (29 March) IT20 matches in addition to the primary two ODIs (1 April and 4 April),” an ECB assertion stated. “No substitute has been referred to as up to the squad at this level.”
England had been in a position to change Glenn with main spinner Sophie Ecclestone in Wellington after the gamers who had featured within the WPL grew to become out there. Alongside Ecclestone, that included Danni Wyatt, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Alice Capsey, who all performed the fourth T20I which noticed England wrap up the collection with a commanding 47-run victory.
Offspinner Charlie Dean claimed four wickets and when everybody is accessible England may subject a robust spin assault of Dean, Ecclestone and Glenn, supplemented by captain Heather Knight, which bodes effectively for their prospects at the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Maia Bouchier, who hit a career-best 91 to seal the collection, picked up a quad downside throughout her innings however stated she was hopeful of being out there for the ultimate T20I on Friday.
In the meantime, New Zealand have an harm concern of their very own after captain Sophie Devine sustained a quad pressure in Wellington which restricted her to one over and he or she didn’t bat. Devine could have an MRI scan on Thursday to decide the extent of the harm.
“Most likely only a small niggle,” Devine stated at the post-match presentation. “Simply wanting forward with the one-dayers being actually necessary with WC [World Championship] factors. I most likely wished to get again out there however somebody with a bit extra of a rational mind saved me off.”
