00:01surprise surprise okay now welcome back I guess we can assume that you're fit and firing and ready
00:11to go for tomorrow yeah absolutely yeah been put through my recovery paces and yeah I suppose
00:20worked really hard to get myself to this position and the sports science and medicine team have to
00:26you say yeah really so really happy to be sat here can you just talk us through the recovery a
00:33little
00:33bit what it entailed whether it was touch and go or it's all gone smooth just talk us through it
00:38and yeah everything has gone to plan as well as it could do really we use various different methods
00:46um to get the recovery right um there's a lot about inflammation um so yeah doing the best we
00:56can for that and eating the right things um taking the right supplements etc um sitting in machines
01:03oxygen tanks um yeah I suppose just everything that we could do um to get to this point and if
01:11you can
01:12say you don't know if you can but um who goes out because someone's got to make way um I
01:17won't say
01:18until tomorrow um at the toss um but yeah obviously our team has been really successful um and lots of
01:26different people have stood up um so yeah someone's going to be really disappointed tomorrow um but yeah
01:33I suppose that just shows what a great position we are in as a side that um yeah so many
01:39different
01:39people have put their hands up um but yeah sadly someone has to miss out
01:46um did you use magnetic resonance therapy as part of your your uh rehab I've been reading maybe
01:54there was an there was an acronym um and if that fits then yes what did it involve um sitting
02:03for an
02:04hour and not moving with my leg in a horseshoe shape thing in is it quite a big machine or
02:11is it
02:11um transportable no not like an MRI I'd say right and how often would you do that then
02:17uh I did seven hour sessions so you you've clearly done everything you possibly can yeah even things
02:26that you know have a small chance of um working um yeah obviously there's a bit of research out there
02:33about m b st I think that's right um but yeah we we literally threw everything at it and how
02:42hard
02:43have you tested the calf in terms of explosivity and running um we've tested it enough to to be
02:49comfortable um and yeah I suppose um what will happen out on the pitch will happen um and yeah
02:58I'm really happy with where I am at um physically I guess there's always a risk isn't there with these
03:03things but you feel there's when you weigh up the balance it's worth taking that risk given where you
03:08are in the tournament and everything else um yeah I mean the myself and the medical team are really
03:14happy with where we're at um physically I'm you know able to take part in all of the games so
03:20um
03:21yeah um I suppose from that point of view I'm really happy and for you and the team how important
03:26that you get past this hurdle um much has been made about 2017 and not winning a world tournament
03:33since then this seems like a real a really big moment for the group yeah it is um I suppose
03:40our first
03:41um goal starting the tournaments to qualify for the semi-finals um and that set us up with a huge
03:47match against South Africa someone who we've played in a few semi-finals recently um and yeah obviously
03:54you know the end goal is to try and get to the final and to win the whole tournament but
03:58um I suppose for
03:59now we are focusing on tomorrow and doing everything that we can to prepare ourselves the best way we can
04:06for
04:06for playing against South Africa um this whole um World Cup has been a huge opportunity for us and
04:13our team and to try and inspire as many people as we can and um I think along the way
04:18we've we've done
04:19that um and we get another chance to to try again um tomorrow night here at a ground that has
04:25um been
04:26successful for us in in the past um and has great energy in the crowd so we're looking forward to
04:32it
04:32and you've lost to South Africa four times in world tournaments does that leave any mental scars
04:38um I think the the the group of players that we have here are quite different to you know times
04:45before I suppose there are people that have played in all of those games um but they're they're a world
04:50class team um and have made it to lots of the finals in in previous World Cups not quite obviously
04:56got
04:57over the line but um they're a team that are extremely competitive and and ones that we've had
05:02a great battle between um in the last few years and in an ideal world would you have had more
05:08tests
05:08or tougher tests leading up to this point in this tournament do you feel that you've been really
05:12pushed so um yeah I think in certain uh times in games we have been really pushed um yeah I
05:20suppose
05:21much has been made of of you know which teams are in which groups and and things like that um
05:25but yeah
05:26we're certainly prepared for the test against South Africa and um yeah we've we've shown some great
05:34composure in in some key moments in games so far in the tournament so um yeah we're hoping to use
05:40that
05:40experience um just in terms of the group stage you've obviously been watching on the games that you
05:48weren't involved in what what's your analysis of kind of both the positives and any areas that kind of
05:53you need to just be a bit more clinical on um and kind of what you've what you've made of
05:59uh
05:59particularly that game in against Ireland when when you went off that was that was a bit tougher
06:04wasn't it but coming through that was I suppose a a a sign that you can get through kind of
06:09when
06:10it's got a bit shaky but so what have you made of the group stage um yeah I think it's
06:14been really
06:15enjoyable watching we've had some brilliant batting partnerships um we've obviously had some times
06:21where um we've you know had some tricky periods and had to rebuild a little bit as a batting group
06:28um and yeah there are times where we would have wanted to be a bit more clinical in in the
06:33chase
06:34but yeah I suppose circumstances like me walking off with an injury um doesn't always happen so um
06:41yeah I suppose can take a little bit of time to to um settle again from that um but yeah
06:49I think as a
06:50group we've played some brilliant cricket we've shown some great composure in moments like that and um
06:57you know the first game against Sri Lanka um I suppose when we've had such a build-up um of
07:05anticipation
07:06for before the world cup started um I mean that first game feels like about a month ago now um
07:13um but yeah well I think as a group we've we've learned a lot about the different conditions that
07:18we've played in um obviously have to adapt to what is given to us again tomorrow night um being the
07:24third
07:25third game in that wicket as well um so yeah I think as a group we've sort of covered a
07:32lot of the bases
07:32that that we might be um or situations that we might be thrown um in the game tomorrow night
07:40um so yeah I suppose everyone is prepared really well for what would be a massive game
07:47now just going back to the island game was from the point that you went off then to where we
07:52are now
07:52was was this timeline ever ever in doubt and initially it was a two game the two game break then
07:57then the new zealand game came big soon were you when you went off then were you confident that you'd
08:01be
08:02back in this tournament um I guess walking off not really knowing what has happened um I suppose
08:09knowing something has happened but um getting the scan results and you know everything unfolding
08:15we always had this game in mind um so yeah obviously like you said the new zealand game came a
08:22little bit
08:22too soon um because time is our friend so um yeah I guess that yeah this game was the target
08:30so um yeah
08:32I suppose things went to plan and did Sunday Australia and India that was that game quite big for you
08:39and
08:39if there's a world that England would have played the semi-final yesterday would would that have come too
08:43soon for you or would you have been good to go for that um yeah I mean obviously the circumstances
08:49are that we we had the second semi-final in the end um I mean I was watching through obviously
08:56massive
08:56interest in in the world cup and and the cricket as well as what game we were playing obviously
09:02to say happens that we're sort of waiting on that result to know when we're playing um but yeah I
09:07suppose
09:08plans would have been a little bit different if it was on on Tuesday um but yeah the the goal
09:15was to
09:16be ready for a semi-final uh be it Tuesday or Thursday and obviously you'd rather not have
09:21the injury at all back in back in April but do you look back over the last two months as
09:25you you're a
09:26better team for having had to work it out without you both in that series against India and then then
09:31these games the group stage with I suppose the world where Charlie wouldn't have skipped it again
09:34for England's pre-world cup if that hadn't happened in the first place um yeah I suppose if if that
09:39was
09:39the case we would have had to manufacture you know a game where Charlie might have led um you know
09:44in
09:44the warm-up stages or um yeah something in in the other series that we had before the tournament started
09:52um yeah I suppose it's funny how it works itself out um lots of people had a great chance to
09:58have
09:59experience out in the middle um certainly with the bat um and yeah I suppose missing out is never nice
10:07but I guess seeing people grow in confidence and getting the chance to show their skills with a
10:12little bit more time at the crease has been really special um and yeah I suppose just the the enjoyment
10:17that everyone gets out of the game it's really nice to watch on the sideline it's infectious so
10:22um yeah I'm really excited to be able to join them again hi now um after the sort of roller
10:30coaster
10:31of the last couple of years um how does it feel to go into a semi-final as as very
10:36clear favorites is
10:37that is that slightly strange um
10:42I suppose timing is everything right um the the 50 over world cup I just sort of started my journey
10:49as
10:49captain and um I see a bit of change in leadership and the coach as well so it sort of
10:56feels now that
10:58everyone is sort of settled into the way we're doing things and um have really grown in confidence in
11:05their abilities um and I think that has been shown out on the pitch with different people
11:11you know choosing their moment to to shine and and to show people what they can do um
11:19so yeah I suppose it's I mean it's a different it's a different time to how we felt you know
11:25in the
11:25previous world cup or um you know since the you know the last two years um yeah I suppose as
11:34a team
11:34you go through you know different ups and downs as you go through tournaments but um yeah I suppose the
11:41the vibes are high thanks
11:45how has been the experience of playing at home you for you and the other girls in the team as
11:50well
11:51it's been brilliant um I guess when when you're at home you get a chance for your family to come
11:57and
11:57watch you at most of the games and um you know see those familiar faces out in the crowd but
12:03also
12:03experience a crowd that are really behind you and want you know the team to do well so um yeah
12:10it's been it's been great playing at familiar grounds and um yeah I suppose the experience has
12:16been has been nice we know where all the good coffee spots are as well in each of the cities
12:21um so yeah well I mean so far we've had a great time at this one
12:26and that was there ever any conversation about letting charlie stay on as captain just to give you
12:33one less thing to worry about um no I guess I'm really comfortable in in that leadership role and
12:41and coming back in um I mean it hasn't been too long since I last played um and being around
12:48the team
12:49the whole time I suppose gives me a chance to you know think about my captaincy role in different
12:55ways so um yeah I I will hopefully slot slot back in nicely she said she didn't want to do
13:00it
13:00either did she mean it who Charlie uh she said she definitely didn't want to do any media more media
13:07so
13:07um I'm here um yeah no she's yeah she's um obviously done really well in the role and um she
13:18is happy to pass it by
13:19okay thank you
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