Scrivens scored 293 runs – 4 fewer than event chief and Shafali’s opening companion Shweta Sehrawat – and took 9 wickets. She heads residence with hopes of lifting her Sunrisers workforce to victory after a winless 2022 throughout each 50-over and T20 home competitions, in addition to constructing her fledgling Hundred profession with the last word goal to “one day soon get in the main England squad”.
Shafali, however, is within the thick of her senior worldwide profession already and, together with wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, will be a part of up with India’s senior aspect in the direction of the tip of this week for the T20 World Cup beginning in Cape Town on Feburary 10.
“I am someone who focuses on task at hand,” Shafali mentioned. “When I entered the Under-19s, I only focused on winning the Under-19 Cup and we have won that today. I will look to take this winning confidence with me and win the senior World Cup. I will try and forget this and get involved with the senior set-up and gel with the team and win the World Cup.”
Shafali, who turned 19 on the eve of the final, entered the event with 74 senior worldwide caps to her identify. After scores of 45 and 78 towards South Africa and UAE respectively, she added solely 34 extra runs in 4 innings main up to the title decider, the place she additionally fell cheaply alongside Sehrawat as India slipped to 20 for two.
For her half, Scrivens mentioned she realized loads to take ahead.
“As a captain, it’s the first time I’ve done it for a while. I’ve done it when I was younger, but it’s on a different stage with much, much more on it,” she mentioned. “So I think I’ve learned so much from that… learning more about players has been great.
“It’s about getting to know your gamers and studying what makes them tick and what would not and what you want to do to assist them. I feel all through the event, I’ve been ready to do this.
“As a team we’ve learned so much, the way we fought in the semi-final was unbelievable. I think the fight shown by every single one of us was great and also being out in South Africa, learning about conditions, playing abroad. That’s just going to give us more experience and improve our career and future.”
“Melbourne was a very emotional day for me in that final game, we didn’t win the game. When I joined the Under-19 team, I’m just thinking, ‘you know, we have to win this Cup.’ I’m just telling all the girls, ‘We have to win this Cup, we are here for the Cup.’
“We had misplaced the World Cup and it was tears of disappointment. Today, they had been tears of happiness as a result of we achieved what we got here right here for. I attempted controlling it nevertheless it could not occur. I’ll have a look at this as an enormous achievement and look to use this to be taught one thing extra. I’ll attempt to rating extra runs for India and am not going to be glad with this Cup. This is only the start.”
There is a sense of more to come from Player-of-the-Match Titas Sadhu, India’s sole seamer, and offspinner Archana Devi, who took two wickets apiece (not to mention the latter’s blinder of a catch at extra cover) to leave England reeling, as well as 16-year-old legspinner Parshavi Chopra, who also claimed two. Then there were Soumya Tiwari and Gongadi Trisha, who marshalled the bulk of the run-chase, albeit a small one, after Shafali and Sehrawat departed.
“I can not say the phrases however thanks to all of the workforce, the best way they had been performing and the best way they had been backing one another,” Shafali said. “I’m going to miss this batch.”
Perhaps she will not have to wait too lengthy earlier than she is reunited with a few of them.
Valkerie Baynes is a basic editor at ESPNcricinfo
