England legspinner Sarah Glenn has been dominated out of the rest of the T20I collection towards New Zealand and at the very least the primary two ODIs as a consequence of concussion.
Glenn picked up the concussion when she landed closely after dropping a catch within the third T20I in Nelson. She didn’t instantly depart the sector and got here on to bowl the following 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 can have the chance to play another sport on the tour if she is obtainable for the final ODI in Hamilton on April 7.
“She’s going to now comply with the ECB Graded Return to Play Protocols and can miss at the very 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 known as as much as the squad at this level.”
England had been capable of change Glenn with main spinner Sophie Ecclestone in Wellington after the gamers who had featured within the WPL grew to become obtainable. 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 4 wickets and when everybody is obtainable England may area a powerful spin assault of Dean, Ecclestone and Glenn, supplemented by captain Heather Knight, which bodes nicely for his or her prospects on 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 obtainable 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 at least one over and she or he didn’t bat. Devine can have an MRI scan on Thursday to find out the extent of the harm.
“Most likely only a small niggle,” Devine stated on the post-match presentation. “Simply trying forward with the one-dayers being actually essential with WC [World Championship] factors. I most likely needed to get again on the market however somebody with a bit extra of a rational mind saved me off.”
