Danni Wyatt is ready to fail most of the time if it means she will be able to play the kind of innings that propelled England to a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan of their T20 series at Headingley.
After two single-figure scores on this three-match series and having been unable to pass 21 in any of her last 10 innings across formats, Wyatt found some fluency with a sparkling 87 off 48 balls on Sunday.
While she was dropped on 12, 79 and 81, Wyatt peeled off a dozen fours and England’s lone six to underpin a complete of 176 all out, which was enough for a 34-run win as Pakistan settled on 142 for 4.
“I failed in the primary two games so I actually wanted a rating but additionally I wasn’t getting too stressed about it because I’ve had ups and downs for many of my profession,” the England opener said.
“The intent I actually have means I’m going to fail more times than I come off. But (head coach) Jon (Lewis) wants us to go on the market and take the sport on from ball one, which is what I do after I’m at my best.
“In T20 cricket, you’ve just got to back yourself and never have a fear of failure.
Wyatt has scored two of England’s 4 T20 a whole lot and admitted she has been eyeing her third ton “for years”, before adding: “Hopefully I’ll get there someday.”
England have won five in a row on this format in addition to three successive series as they construct towards the T20 World Cup, which is able to happen in Bangladesh in October.
England captain Heather Knight told Sky Sports. “We’re tracking rather well. There’s all the time things we will do higher and we’ve got a couple of things to tune up but we’re still moving forward as a side.”
England now turn their attentions to a three-match ODI series against the identical opponents which starts on Thursday at Derby.
“We haven’t played an enormous amount of ODI cricket recently so pleased to play a bit more more,” Knight added.
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