Rachel Slater eager to play her part as Scotland target T20 World Cup
RACHEL SLATER must be starting to wonder if it just isn’t meant to be. After a lost year given up to injuries and a voluntary break from cricket, it is an unforeseen Dubai deluge that has prevented the left-armer bowler from getting back properly into the swing of things so far this month.
“This is the event in the calendar that everyone looks for,” says the Yorkshire-raised player who qualifies through her Scottish mum. “There can’t be many better feelings than getting to represent your country at a World Cup. “I’d do the same thing 100 times over,” confirms the 22-year-old. “Timing-wise I ended up missing half the season then got injured and missed the second half so I missed a year of cricket pretty much. But if I hadn’t done that I’m not sure if I’d be here now or even still playing.
Returning to the squad for the start of this busy if now weather-interrupted campaign in UAE felt like a reunion in a way but Slater doesn’t feel like she’s under any pressure to perform. Born in New York as one of triplets and raised in Yorkshire, her Scottish roots have also been important from a young age thanks to her mum from Giffnock.
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