England and India locked horns for the one-off Test at Bristol and the match witnessed multiple debutants. For England, Sophia Dunkley not only made a debut but also played a savior inning while batting down the order. She had a brilliant partnership with tail-enders, scored 74* to take the team to a good position.
Talking about the day, Dunkley said- “It’s a very exciting day for me… just trying to get the team in a good position. To get fifty was very, very special and nice to have mum in the crowd.
“It’s definitely been a crazy day today, getting a half-century on debut is definitely very special for me, and then going into the fielding innings, [Smriti] Mandhana and Verma got a good partnership going and gave us a few chances at times but things didn’t really go our way.
Then we got the breakthrough and five wickets fell and [it was] really exciting going into the evening and a lot of momentum to go into the morning with as well.”
Adding more, I was just thinking about getting the team in a good place really,” Dunkley said.
“It was all a bit of a blur. I was very, very happy but my main aim was to try and get us in a good position to go into the afternoon but to get fifty on the way is a very special moment to me and I’ll remember this day for a long time.”
Dunkley has been a part of England’s squad in the limited-overs cricket for a while and she made heads turn with her performances in the RHF trophy recently.
