Anya keeps it simple

Anya keeps it simple

Sports Reporter

The most impressive of aspect of the England Women's cricket team's nine-wicket thrashing of South Africa yesterday was their bowling, and the most impressive among their bowlers was pacer Anya Shrubsole, who set South Africa back from the first over with a peach of an inswinger that castled Lizelle Lee.
The player-of-the-match bowled her four overs at the top and with figures of two for 12 made sure that South Africa would not get to a competitive total.
“The conditions have been quite good. The ball has swung; probably to do with the humidity. But I think keeping it simple is what I have tried to do. Getting enough balls in the right areas and at the moment it's working for me,” said Shrubsole after the match.
The win sets up their third Women's World Twenty20 final and on Sunday they will square off against rivals and fellow giants -- defending champions Australia. “We are two really evenly matched teams. As we have shown in past series against them -- we have played so much against each other -- there is nothing we don't know about each other. There is not going to be any surprises, it is going to be who comes out and performs the best on the day,” Anya added.
The England women's performance has been at odds with their male counterparts, who exited the tournament before the semifinal stage. “I can't speak for them. I just tried to bowl the ball as straight as possible. The pitches are maybe a little bit slower; I think bowling gun-barrel straight is the way to go,” Anya explained her method for success in the subcontinent.  
South Africa skipper Mignon du Preez was pleased to have made it to the semifinals, but thought that the five run-outs made the difference. “I think without those run-outs we could have gotten the extra 20 runs which might have been the difference in the end,” du Preez said.
Having toured Bangladesh recently she is used to seeing 15,000-strong crowds at the cricket matches, and so was a little disappointed at the low turn-out for yesterday's match. “Maybe it's because its not one of the subcontinent sides playing in the finals or semifinals, but I do think it is absolutely amazing just to be a part of this and just to be on TV is something special for us and we enjoyed our time here.”