Published: July 02, 2019
A hesitant, stuttering opening match in Leicester was peppered with the odd flash of quality
For a long time, it felt like nothing much was happening. After the hustle and drama and crowds of the World Cup venues, here we were at a pleasant but nondescript county ground, on a quiet cloudy afternoon in Leicester. A suburban feel with a smattering of spectators. It didn’t feel like the start of the Women’s Ashes.
Perhaps this atmosphere seeped into England’s top order, who started out playing like none of it was happening. Half asleep, a quarter switched on. Because they were barely there, pretty soon they weren’t there at all. Four wickets in five overs all but sealed the result. It was all kinds of anticlimax.
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