Tryon urges Proteas women to play 'our brand of cricket' against New Zealand

13.02.2023 - 15:39 news24.com

Proteas all-rounder Chloe Tryon believes South Africa will bounce back in their second ICC Women's T20 World Cup clash against New Zealand in Paarl on Monday.The Proteas suffered an agonising three-run loss in last Friday's World Cup opener against Sri Lanka at Newlands.

Follow LIVE coverage of Women's T20 World Cup It was a massive loss for the Proteas as the hosts now face a tricky path to the World Cup semi-finals.Sune Luus' charges have three more Group A games to make their mark as they face the White Ferns on Monday, Australia at St George's Park on Saturday, and Bangladesh at Newlands next Tuesday.Vice-captain Tryon acknowledged her disappointment following their opening loss but hopes the batters apply themselves more in Paarl."We were all quite disappointed about how we played [at] Newlands.

I think from coming from a tri-series and playing so well, having two really good warm-up games and performing like that was not really good," Tryon told reporters in Paarl on Sunday."We wanted to win that first game, but obviously what happened has happened...

it looked a little bit scrambled, but I think as a unit we spoke about taking responsibility and I felt that none of the batters coming in took responsibility."We always speak about building partnerships and running hard between the wickets, just taking the game as deep as we can.

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