It was nice to have a few weeks at home and to get back training with the England squad before we headed off to India. Our last outing as a team was the ICC Women’s World T20 final in the West Indies, which has now had a few months to sink in.
We actually sat down as a squad to watch the final back last week. It brought back all the emotions that you felt throughout the day: the excitement, the nerves and ultimately the heartbreak of the result. I’ll be honest, it wasn’t an easy watch.
But with a massive 12 months of cricket ahead of us, including West Indies at home, an Ashes series and another T20 World Cup which starts in February 2020, we can learn a lot from that game and it’s certainly a motivator to keep moving forward and to keep developing as both individuals and as a side.
We arrived in India on 13 February and it’s great to be here. It’s always a tough place to go and win, especially with India playing the way they have recently.
We’ve picked a strong squad and it’s brilliant to have Katherine Brunt and Sarah Taylor back and available for the trip – plus it’s great to have Freya Davies as part of the touring group for the first time.
No England women’s side has ever won a bilateral one-day international series in India so that’s our first aim. We’d like to make that bit of history and get 2019 off to a good start.