We have heard it so much this winter – that England aren’t as athletic as their opponents – and may very well be fitter.
The very first thing to say is that it is nothing to do with seniority or youth – Australia had a median age of 28 on this collection, in comparison with England’s 27.
And whereas a lot has been product of England’s catching skills – they dropped seven catches in at some point of the Take a look at – their catching effectivity of 63% was solely simply behind Australia’s 68. In actual fact, the Aussies dropped extra possibilities within the collection – 20 to 19.
Yellow and inexperienced butterfingers? Nah…
What the uncooked numbers do not present is {that a} drop is barely registered when a fielder goes for the catch.
So whereas Australia have been plucking outrageous grabs out of the sky – displaying athleticism by no means earlier than seen so constantly in ladies’s cricket – England have been dropping easy alternatives.
So a lot of these Australian drops have been tough possibilities which England wouldn’t have tried.
And whereas there isn’t any information for runs saved within the area, the bare eye would counsel Australia saved 20-30 extra per sport than England.
One different measure of health is the power to bat time and in doing so, run extra singles than the opposition and turns ones into twos and many others.
Throughout the collection, England soaked up virtually 200 dot balls greater than Australia (some in all probability right down to the afore-mentioned distinctive fielding), whereas Alyssa Healy’s facet scored 111 extra singles and 17 extra twos.
Given there wasn’t a lot distinction by way of sixes hit – Australia smiting 17 to England’s 12 – it is that capacity to show over the strike and preserve the scoreboard ticking which the hosts excelled in.