Jasprit Bumrah had delivered 5,445 balls in T20 cricket for Mumbai and his country, with only 180 sent sailing over the rope for six. That's a maximum every five overs.
King resumes and takes her time getting her field set. Rana hits the first ball of the over back towards her, but it lands safely wide of King. An almost stumping next ball – King is really making things happen here and Rana has to get her bat out into a strong forward defensive position to avoid losing her wicket. King is bowling beautifully here, there is almost a chance on every ball.
Bell insists that time batting against the red ball is still fundamental to the modern player. He emphasizes the value of scoring runs in first-class cricket and how it sets you up, learning how to bat, how to build hundreds, and how to stay out there for multiple sessions.
After bowling Scotland out for 152, England racked up 155-5 in 18.2 overs, with Jacob Bethell scoring 32, Sam Curran 28 and Will Jacks (16 off 10 balls) hitting a six and a four to finish the job. England wobbled at the start of their chase as the new white ball swung under the floodlights with the sun going down. Phil Salt fell third ball to Brandon McMullen for just two and when Jos Buttler picked out McMullen off Brad Currie, they were 13-2.
Rob Key has mentioned it on a couple of occasions, but we've never really got to that position where it's like: OK, what should we do here? If Rob Key called me and said: I want to talk to you properly, then I'll talk to him, definitely. I'm available to have the discussion.