England’s Physical Disability cricket captain reflects on World Cup win
Thursday 17 September 2015 18:01, UK
Captain Iain Nairn admits his squad are still coming to terms with what they have achieved after England’s Physical Disability cricket team were crowned inaugural world champions in Bangladesh last week.
England posted a total of 175-4 in last Thursday's final against Pakistan before restricting their opponents to 156-7 to seal a 19-run win to write their name in the history books.
Days after returning to England, the side have already return to practising in the nets and also met Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street on Wednesday.
"None of us have really understood what has happened over the course of the last fortnight," England skipper Nairn told Sky Sports News HQ.
"We've gone from setting off to go on tour, with only really our family and friends interested in what we were doing and over the course of that fortnight, that's built and built to a point where the men's ODI team were tweeting about us and even David Cameron sent a tweet out about us."
Nairn is only the second Englishman to lift a limited overs trophy after fellow north-easterner Paul Collingwood led England to glory at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2010.
"It's great for them to have success like that," Collingwood said.
"These guys have been through some hard times themselves and I'm sure that will put a smile on their faces for many years to come."
England's Physical Disability team will be in action at the Kia Oval on Thursday against the Help for Heroes Cricket Club, which precedes the International Help For Heroes fundraiser match featuring cricket legends including MS Dhoni, Brian Lara and Brendan McCullum.
