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Tash Farrant Blog: England Women's star at the World T20
Dancing, dinner clubs and gatecrashing some golf awards...
Last Updated: 08/12/17 6:30pm
In her latest World T20 diary entry, England Women’s Tash Farrant discusses the team's dancing, joins a dinner club and gatecrashes some golf awards...
Hello again, this time from Delhi!
We are well into the thick of things in the Women's World T20 now, having won all three of our warm-up clashes as well as coming out on top in our first group game against Bangladesh - a cheeky 36-run win, thanks largely to a player-of-the-match display from our leader, captain fantastic, Dame Charlotte Edwards.
After the win over Bangladesh we headed to our hotel's rooftop bar for a couple of celebratory drinks, particularly as it was also our team manager's birthday. It was all very swanky, with a trendy Ibiza-esque vibe and equally trendy DJ who played a lot of Dubstep remixes.
The highlight of the evening though was when we persuaded the DJ to play our team song as part of his 'carefully selected' playlist that seemed to just consist of Kygo's greatest hits. Safe to say, we absolutely belted it out, with our slightly off harmonies clearing the rooftop. I think an apology to all the hotels guests that night is in order!
In addition to some great vocalists, we have a couple of pretty good dancers in the group. Nat Sciver in particular is regarded as a good mover. But have a watch of this video of Danni Wyatt and Dame Lottie to see if you think they too possess any sort of shapes...
As a team we have had some cracking meals in the lovely hotels that we are staying in. Nothing quite beats some Chicken Tikka and Dahl Lentils in my eyes.
A few of us have formed a 'dinner club', which prides itself on being accessible, open, and inclusive, with everyone welcome to join, but repeatedly seems to consist of the same five or six of us every time. We obviously don't have a reputation of good chat at the dinner table!
One of the more comical moments after one dinner club outing was when we somehow found ourselves in the middle of the annual Indian Golf Awards, which were being hosted in our hotel.
All we wanted was a bottle of water! But we made the most of the opportunity to be there, taking a couple of snaps in front of various media backdrops, with Heather Knight even practicing her swing…
There were a few more comical moments in the warm-up games, especially in the match against South Africa, when Katherine Brunt started preparing for the practice Super Over before we had even batted… I think the heat may have got to her head a bit.
Plus, there was Tammy Beaumont's unusual running between the wickets, which on one occasion ended in a backwards roll and dismount that Beth Tweddle would have been pleased with. Talk about putting your body on the line, literally.
We are seeing a lot of India during the tournament, which brings with it A LOT of flying. This, for some of our girls, is certainly not their favourite pastime, #nervousflyers.
It's probably not the greatest trait to have as an international cricketer and I have personally drawn the short straw recently, by sitting in front of Danni Hazell. She likes to punch the back of my seat as we land on some fairly bumpy runways.
We now move on to the picturesque Dharamshala for our next two group games against India and West Indies. Bring it on.
I'll be reporting back after them!
Until next time!
Fazza (Natasha Farrant, England Women's cricketer)