Amy Jones hails "fearless" England

England beat India by nine wickets at Chester-le-Street, with stand-in captain Jones speaking of her pride in her "inexperienced side"

Amy Jones believes England can take "a lot of confidence" into the rest of their Vitality series against India after completing a "convincing" nine-wicket win in Chester-le-Street.

England were missing several big names from their squad, including captain Heather Knight (injury), vice-captain Nat Sciver (who announced earlier this week she is taking a break from cricket) and Katherine Brunt (rested), and didn't know until yesterday whether the fixture would be going ahead.

However, thanks to a career-best T20I bowling performance from Sarah Glenn (4 for 23) and runs from Sophia Dunkley (61 off 44) and Alice Capsey (32 off 20), England sailed beyond India's total of 132 with seven overs to spare.

"As a group, all we said was go out and bring the energy," Jones said. "If you look around at the team we've got, it's young and excitable and lots of fearless cricketers and we play at our best when we're enjoying it, and everyone is supporting each other and that's exactly what the atmosphere was. When we're relaxed, we play our best.

^{Jones was full of praise for Alice Capsey [Jan Kruger/Getty Images]}

"With three key players not here, it would have been easy for us to let that affect us and not play how we want to play. To come out and play so freely and confidently with a relatively inexperienced side is brilliant to see. I'm really proud."

Addressing some of the standout performers, she continued: "[Alice Capsey] is really impressive, isn't she? She's brave but there's nothing reckless about it, it's just class. She has all the shots, and she backs herself to execute them. I'm sure it's the start of a very exciting career for her.

"Dunks [Sophia Dunkley] is a perfectionist and she'll look at things she would have wanted to do differently but from the sidelines it's so impressive that she can battle through the start and play the shots she did so freely. She's hard on herself but I think that's why she achieves such a high level at a young age.

"[Sarah Glenn] was great. She's been a real container for us for a while now, she builds dots and she's so hard to face. She can really build pressure and it's great that she got the wickets today. She's a brilliant player for us and key through the middle overs."

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