Worcestershire Women’s Rapids Head Coach Ed Wilson calls for more bravery with the bat, as his side slipped to a seven wicket defeat away to Gloucestershire, having set the hosts 102 to win.
Rapids captain Clare Boycott won the toss at the Seat Unique Stadium and chose to insert her side to bat first, as Worcestershire hoped that this would be the day where their batting fortunes changed.
Emerging from the powerplay at 33-1, the team aiming to make it two wins from two showed promise, however, a well-drilled Gloucestershire bowling attack stifled Worcestershire’s batters as they could only muster a total of 101-6, much to the displeasure of Head Coach Wilson.
“We’re obviously disappointed to lose the game.
“As a batting unit we just didn’t do enough.
“We bowled well at Kent on Friday to bowl them out for 100, but you’re asking a lot from your bowling attack to consistently bowl teams out for 100 to win games of cricket.”
Bryony Gillgrass chalked up 34 runs previously away to Kent, and went on to make a start of 30 this time round, before ultimately losing her wicket.
Worcestershire’s batters are clearly frustrated, however, Wilson remains calm having identified the areas in need of improvement.
“That’s three games in a row now where more than half our innings have been dot balls.
“It’s now about accessing the gaps we need to access, which is something we need to work on.
“Bryony batted well.
“She’s had two knocks in a row where she’s done well, but we need more batters to step up.
“If you’re going to score 140 or 150 it’s going to take three or four batters, so we just need more people to step up, be braver and a bit smarter in how they access the gaps.”
Rebecca Halliday starred for the homeside, ruthlessly racing to 70 not-out firing them to victory.
Although demanding stark improvement from his side, on a day where Gloucestershire clearly out performed the Rapids, Worcestershire’s Head Coach suggested what his side could learn from the day’s action.
“She [Halliday] batted really well.
“She hits down the ground really well.
“I think it just took us a little bit too long to get our fields right for her, but she batted really well and showed us how we want to go about our T20 cricket.
“We looked a little bit scared to get out whereas she played a bit more free.
“There’s work for the girls to do going forward but I’m pleased with the way we went about it with the ball in the first couple overs, taking three wickets in the powerplay.
“We just need to find ways to score 30 or 40 more runs and then we can manage the game better.”
