England wicketkeeper Amy Jones has insisted there is no such thing as a further stress on the hosts because it appears to finish a outstanding collection win within the Girls’s Ashes after being on the point of a complete defeat.
Heather Knight’s staff was 6-0 down within the multi-format collection after dropping each the lone Take a look at and the primary Twenty20 worldwide towards double white-ball world champions Australia.
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But it surely has fought again impressively to be all sq. at 6-6 following a two-wicket win within the first one-day worldwide in Bristol on Wednesday.
Victory within the second ODI at Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl headquarters on Sunday leaves England only a win away from regaining the Ashes for the primary time since 2014 and inflict a primary ODI-series defeat on Australia in a decade.
Jones, nevertheless, insisted England would nonetheless retain the “underdog” mentality that has served it effectively in latest video games.
“I believe everyone seems to be feeling fairly relaxed,” she instructed reporters on Saturday. “We had overview of the sport, taking a look at areas the place we will enhance nonetheless, which was actually motivating as a gaggle after a win.
“We’ve clearly bought a possibility to win the ODI collection tomorrow so everyone seems to be fairly enthusiastic about it.”
The 30-year-old, who had the unenviable job of succeeding England nice Sarah Taylor behind the stumps added: “We’ve gone the entire collection feeling like underdogs and we’re simply making an attempt to maintain that mentality of acknowledging how good a aspect Australia are, however sticking to our strengths and making an attempt to place them below as a lot stress as attainable through the sport.
“Will probably be the same mindset tomorrow I believe.
“I believe there was extra stress after we have been 6-0 down than there’s now.”
The collection concludes with the third ODI at Taunton on Tuesday.