Bouchier’s ton puts her in pole position

By Tawhid Qureshi

Days after scoring her maiden international hundred against New Zealand at Worcester, Maia Bouchier, England’s 25-year-old batter, is still on a high.
“It’s something that you don’t really come down from, it was amazing to get my first hundred. I never even thought that I’d get close in that run chase. But the opportunities were there for me to hit the bad balls and I took them.
“When I was in the nineties and we only needed a few runs to win, Nat was at the other end blocking everything, which was quite handy for me! She was a really calm voice and kept me in check, rem...

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