Left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux of Australia said she felt like she had been gone from the ODI team for two years, but she was also happy to be back bowling. With a spectacular 3 for 10 in 10 overs, including five maiden overs, she celebrated her comeback. Her spell enabled Australia to comfortably defeat Bangladesh with a sub-100 total in their historic victory.
“I guess those were two long years. Yes, I’m getting back into it. Over those two years, I learned a lot, and I’m simply content to play cricket right now, regardless of the color. It’s much preferable to get an Australian match once more, stated Molineux.
“This group of players is truly creating something unique, and I have a lot of close friends here.” It’s really great to be a part of it and hopefully continue to contribute, she continued.
“I don’t think maintaining my motivation is too difficult for me. I adore this game. I enjoy toying with all hues. And I’m incredibly lucky to be playing in Bangladesh right now. I really enjoy bowling, so I was able to practice a little bit here and experience the conditions. It was great to get into a game. However, I don’t think missing out motivates me or demotivates me. It seems like just another chance for me to bowl and help out a team that is currently having a great season.”
Molineux had a title-winning WPL season at RCB prior to returning to the ODI fold. With 12 wickets, she ended one wicket behind Shreyanka Patil as the second-best wicket-taker of the season, tied with her RCB teammate Asha Sobhana.
“Yes, the WPL stint for RCB was really helpful. Getting some match experience is also important, in my opinion. That’s something that, in my opinion, you kind of lose out on when you stop playing for a time. and making an effort to stay on top of the game. Therefore, I believe that having a few more matches under my belt before heading over there undoubtedly helped. along with a little ferocity,” she remarked.
Bangladesh faced a lot of difficulties with Australia’s slow bowlers. According to Bangladesh’s spin bowling coach Dinuka Hettiarachchi, the team had certain plans, but things didn’t go as planned.
They are currently acting in the same way, and in order for us to respond in whatever format, you have to bat [good]. It’s really tough for the bowlers as well since we’re at 90-98 and we couldn’t get to 100,” Hettiarachchi remarked.
We arrived with a plan, as I mentioned, and our goal was to score 40–50 runs in 10 overs. I’m not sure why, but their approach seems to be failing for some reason. Not that we have bad hitters; on the contrary, we have a great group of players and have batted extremely well in recent years, even defeating South Africa there,” he continued.
This is a ball and bat game. Players need to bat in the middle of the infield in order to score some runs. more than 200 runs, and that hasn’t occurred. This wicket was better to bat on than it was in the first game. It’s all about the strategy, and the hitters are struggling,” he continued.
By making turning tracks ready, Dinuka disproved the notion that Bangladesh was falling into the traps they had set for themselves.
“No, we avoided stepping into our own snare. On home ground, we always go with spin spinners and take advantage of the situation. We need to set a high standard for the bowlers if we bat first, like I mentioned,” he continued.
