Isa Guha (England)

Speaking after the Sri Lanka World Cup group match:

We were happy to get our campaign off with a win, although we were a little bit disappointed by the level of our performance against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
We scored 277-5 but we would have liked to have got more runs on the board, and we expected to bowl Sri Lanka out.

However, we cannot deny that we are happy with a convincing win to start the tournament and we are all thrilled for Claire Taylor that she scored a hundred.

It is the third consecutive World Cup that she has scored a hundred against Sri Lanka and her achievement is testament to her long-term dedication to making herself one of the best players in the world.

There were also some good performances by Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins, who bat really well together at the top of the order, and provide a platform for the rest of the team to go on and make runs.

I was quite impressed by the spirit and determination shown by the Sri Lankan team and really enjoyed playing against them. I haven’t seen very much of them before and hopefully we may have the opportunity to play a bilateral series against them in the future.

We will travel back to Sydney from Canberra tomorrow before having an intensive day of training on Monday ahead of the India game on Tuesday.

I am not surprised by the quality of India’s performances since they arrived in Australia, both in the warm-up matches and in their comprehensive victory over Pakistan.

It seems that they have gone back to India and worked very hard after their defeat to Australia and England last year and we know we are going to have to play well to beat them.

I am really looking forward to having the opportunity to bowl again at Anjum Chopra, who is one of the greats of the game, and who seems to be in excellent form at present.

Playing at the World Cup is about challenging yourself to compete against the best players in the world and I am excited about the contest.