Katherine Brunt led England to 3-2 series win against New Zealand
Katherine Brunt, an aggressive right arm fast bowler, played a key role in England's 3-2 series win against New Zealand. Brunt took a total of eight wickets in the five match ODI series, three of which came at the crucial stages of the fourth Test at Barnsley, restricting the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 side to a gettable 136 for 9, and bagging the hosts a nine-wicket win in front of the home crowd.
Brunt’s marvellous performance with the ball helped the hosts come back after a disappointing 2-1 series defeat in the Twenty20s. She also struck the winning boundary in the first match at Taunton to seal a one wicket win against the visitors with just 3 balls to spare.
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Her 14 wickets and a maiden Test fifty bagged England an Ashes win in 2005. Aggressive Brunt, with a classical fast bowling action, spearheaded England’s 2009 World Cup Campaign. Brunt was declared as the player of the match in the final game of the 2009 T20 World Championship as she took 3 wickets, conceding only 6 runs in her 4 overs spell.
Brunt has represented England’s Women Team in 46 One Day Internationals, and has taken 50 wickets at an average of 23.18. With 5 for 22 being her best ODI bowling performance, she claimed 5 wickets twice in her ODI career. The fast bowler has been pretty successful in the shortest format of cricket, as she has taken 20 wickets in 15 Twenty20s at an average of 12.90. The 25 years old Yorkshire bowler has played six Test matches claiming 27 wickets, with 6 for 69 being her best Test performance (in a one-off Ashes Test).
The 25 year old English medium-fast bowler, struggling with few niggles, is trying to find her form this summer. Though the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 bowler has been strong in the ODI series against the Blackcaps, the tracks and the conditions did not suit her bowling well, as the player herself revealed while talking to media after the fourth One-Day. She said that the pitches were quite demanding and she had worked hard to keep her line and length under control.
“I've stayed strong but the conditions and pitches haven't suited my bowling until today. I've really had to work hard at bowling immaculate lines and lengths, which is all you can bowl on pitches like at Taunton.”
The young seamer was thankful to the overcast conditions that made the tracks seamer friendly. She criticised the New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins’ decision of batting first under the overcast bowler-friendly conditions. She said that being a Yorkshire girl, a local girl, she knows the weather conditions quite well and called it an edge over the visitors, as she has a very good idea of how the pitch has always played.
Brunt attributed the series win to the team effort and said that the whole team is just hitting its straps now and giving some magnificent performances. The fast bowler lauded the efforts of batters particularly the Taylor duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915. The Taylor ladies recorded an unbeaten 98-run partnership for the second wicket stand taking the hosts to a series-sealing nine wicket victory in the fourth ODI at Barnsley.
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