South Africa Women's all-rounder Chloe Tryonhas pushed her team to show up against England Women in their opening clash in the Women's World Cup 2025. The fixture is scheduled to get underway on Friday, October 3, at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
Tryon admitted that the South African unit has had several changes in personnel over the past two years. However, she remains confident of the way they have been putting in the work during practice sessions.
"The team has changed a lot over the
last couple of years. We've got some young players coming in and we've got a lot of experienced players, and everyone's just taken up their role really beautifully. And the way that we've worked behind the scenes has been really good, so I'm not looking at too much of the stats," stated Tryon, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Tryon, who has been a part of the Women's Hundred in four editions of the tournament, also conveyed how useful the tournament was for her in terms of gaining experience by playing with some of the best.
"It's a really good tournament to be part of and I obviously got to play with a couple of the England girls, which was pretty exciting. Just watching them, how they go about their skill and how they go about their business is really good, so hopefully, I can give a lot of insight to the team," she added.
She also praised the likes of Nat Sciver-Brunt and how her teammates in the England camp draw energy from her presence. However, Tryon backed her team to go all the way and be optimistic about their clash with the Sciver-Brunt-led unit.
"As a unit, they're just really strong. They're led by one of the best all-rounders in the world (Nat Sciver-Brunt), and everyone just feeds off her. Every single one of them are matchwinners. We have to make sure that we show up with a lot of presence and we give 200%. We've shown that we can beat them in the past and we have, so we need to be really positive going into the first game," Tryon mentioned.
South Africa do not have a good head-to-head record against England in women's ODIs, having won only 10 games in 46 meetings while England have won 35.
