Lydia Greenway's exclusive KOS blog - entry four

AFTER winning convincingly in our first game against Sri Lanka we still felt we had a lot of work to do to get us playing the way we wanted to in our next game against India.

The challenge was set and our coach, Mark Lane, wanted us to improve in all areas of our game. On the morning of the game we were buzzing and really eager to get started. We won the toss and put them in.

After beating them 4-0 in the summer we felt it would be good to put them under pressure straight away. This is exactly what we did as Nunny (Katherine Brunt) and Ish (Isa Guha) put the pressure on from ball one and with some fantastic spin bowling from Holly Colvin in the middle they never got away from us. If it wasn’t for their number 10 batter, Amita Sharma, they would have been all out for 130. But some imaginative shots from her and a record tenth wicket partnership of 43 got them to 169 all out.

We had done a good job, but knew the game was far from over. Shaggy (Caroline Atkins) and Squirt (Sarah Taylor) got us off to a good, solid start and at 40-odd off 10 overs we were looking comfortable. The first wicket of Squirt brought Tails (Claire Taylor) to the crease who was on the back of a very good hundred. When she came in, it looked like she could have scored another ton for us! The girls upped the run rate and the game was won in the 39th over.

On the whole we were very pleased with such a convincing win but we are still keen to keep on improving. Personally I was pleased. Although I didn’t bat, I took three catches so it was good to have made some sort of contribution to the game.

Our next game is against Pakistan who we are not going to take lightly – again we will look to improve and be ruthless.

Off the pitch I have just had a deep massage on my legs to ensure they’re up for tomorrow’s challenge and not too heavy. We all get one at regular intervals throughout the tour to help our muscles recover and keep us in peak condition as the games come thick and fast. I’m already looking forward to the next one.

I also managed a quick cup of tea with my Mum and Dad which was good. They came to the game yesterday and it was good to hear our Barmy Army cheering loudly for us!

England take on Pakistan on Thursday.

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