ENGLAND spinner Sarah Glenn has no doubt Sunday’s opponents Scotland will remain eager to “put a stamp” on their debut T20 World Cup campaign despite having already been eliminated.
The Scots were confirmed as being unable to progress from Group B on Wednesday as they were beaten by South Africa, to add to losses to Bangladesh and West Indies.
England have so far defeated Bangladesh and South Africa in their first two matches at the tournament in the United Arab Emirates as they pursue top spot in the pool.
And looking ahead to Sunday’s all-British contest in Sharjah, Glenn said: “I guess it would be natural to be a ‘battle’ of us two.
“But I think Scotland are probably similar to us in that they’ll just want to be focusing on themselves and how they play their cricket. Hopefully it’ll be a good, competitive and entertaining game.
“With the games they have they’ll want to put a stamp on it. This is their first World Cup and I think they want to show they have a great set of players.
“They’ll want to play really good cricket, and we’ve just got to be ready to adapt to combat that. We just need to be ready.”
England won by 21 runs in their opener against Bangladesh before following it up with a seven-wicket triumph over South Africa on Monday.
Glenn said: “It’s obviously how we wanted to start. To get two wins on the board is really special, especially in the first game where the conditions were quite tough and we were trying to adapt to them.
“I think in the second game we really showed our skill and physicality. It’s been a good start from us and hopefully we can keep taking the momentum forward.”
Lifting the trophy in the UAE would add to England’s success in the inaugural edition of the World Cup in 2009. Australia have won six of the seven subsequent finals, including each of the last three.
Asked if she felt the current England squad could achieve World Cup glory, Glenn said: “Definitely. I think we have a really nice, balanced side, and a lovely mixture of experienced players and young talented players.
“Our minds could easily drift to ‘that would be so nice to win a World Cup’ and things like that, and that is natural, that is going to happen, our minds are going to wander.
“But we’re just focused on being really present, taking each game as it goes, and on how we want to play our cricket.
“[Australia] have been a class side for a long time. The way they play their cricket is inspiring to us in terms of the standards we want to keep striving towards, and I think as a team we have been building into that really nicely. We’ve been ticking along really nicely.
“There’s plenty of other class sides in this tournament as well, and obviously Australia are really up there and they’re a tough team to beat. But, as World Cup things go, it’s all up in the air really.”