England’s T20 World Cup preparations is not going to be affected by the last-minute change from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates, says captain Heather Knight.
Civil unrest in Bangladesh compelled the Worldwide Cricket Council to move the tournament simply six weeks earlier than the primary match on 3 October.
“The situations will likely be barely totally different, however not vastly,” mentioned Knight, 33.
“We’ve had Bangladesh in our heads for a very long time, most likely for the final couple of years, when it comes to getting the gamers prepared and constructing the squad.
“However I don’t assume it adjustments an excessive amount of. As gamers it provides us a bit of extra time exterior of the lodge room which is all the time a great factor.”
Knight added it was a “disgrace” for the Bangladesh girls’s staff to not have a house World Cup however shifting the event was “the fitting resolution”.
One of many extra apparent variations in Sharjah and Dubai will likely be smaller crowds, which Knight says is one thing she is going to speak to the gamers about.
“Having performed in Bangladesh in 2014 on the World Cup, we bought some actually good crowds, significantly in Sylhet, and it was a extremely good ambiance,” mentioned Knight.
“It’s one thing we’ll speak about however it’s a World Cup and it shouldn’t take a lot to rise up for that.”
England start their marketing campaign on 5 October towards Bangladesh in Sharjah, earlier than dealing with 2023 finalists South Africa, Scotland and West Indies within the preliminary group stage earlier than the semi-finals.