Delany wants Ireland to own the field playing ‘their style of cricket ‘
Laura Delany-drove Ireland will take on Sri Lanka in a T20I series containing two games, prior to playing three ODIs against them. The last option will be a piece of the ICC Ladies’ Title, where Sri Lanka are at the fifth situation in the standings, while the hosts are in the tenth spot. Delany was sure of Ireland setting up a decent show in front of the series.
“I think as a crew we’ve worked on colossally over the last 12 to year and a half, and we’ll go out there on Sunday to place it by and by,” Delany told the columnists. Ireland neglected to come to the ICC Ladies’ T20 World Cup 2024, in the wake of losing to Scotland in the semi-finals of the Qualifiers recently. Notwithstanding, Delany didn’t see the misfortune as a mishap, accepting that a similar style of play had carried accomplishment to Ireland.
“I think as a gathering we’ve shown that we need to play forceful and dauntless nature [of cricket], and on occasion, you’ll cop the opposite finish of the stick, and you’ll get out for very few runs. What’s more, as a crew, we surely confronted that test against Scotland.
“We need to play the style that we realize we can play. What’s more, when we play that style of cricket, we will beat any semblance of Australia, which we did in the [Women’s T20] World Cup [2023] warm-ups. Two or quite a while back, we beat South Africa at home and we’ve won a series against Pakistan.”
“It’s adhering to our assets, and knowing that on the off chance that we play that style of cricket, ideally we come up on the opposite side.”
Glancing over to the Sri Lanka series, Delany expressed that while star player Chamari Athapaththu was the primary test, she was likewise mindful that the Asian side wasn’t as vigorously reliant upon the southpaw as in the past. Athapaththu, who will be inaccessible for the T20Is because of her responsibilities with Oval Invincibles in the Ladies’ Hundred, will join the group for the ODIs. “We realize Chamari Athapaththu is the vital participant for them. Be that as it may, when you take a gander at their batting setup, and how they’ve played over the last four-five games, they’ve had various players contributing.
“We know there’s not only a couple of players in their side, that we’ll need to pay special attention to. We anticipate an exceptionally serious game.”