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Only Australia has won much women’s cricket World Cups than England. In 2017, England had emerged arsenic the champion astatine home. In the past ODI World Cup, it had contested the last (no prize for guessing against whom).
Yet, the Englishwomen aren’t the 2nd favourite to triumph this World Cup. The Indians are.
While India has been making dependable progress, England has had a mostly forgettable twelvemonth truthful far, including a whitewash successful Australia. But, if the warm-up matches are thing to spell by, England is successful form, having won each 4 of them, against Australia, India and New Zealand.
This England broadside contains immoderate of the game’s biggest names and is coached by 1 of the astir respected coaches around: Charlotte Edwards had guided Mumbai Indians to the rubric successful 2 retired of the 3 editions of the WPL.
She volition beryllium keen to guarantee England opens its run connected the close enactment against South Africa astatine the Barsapara Cricket Stadium present connected Friday.
Edwards indispensable beryllium hoping the likes of Nat Sciver-Brunt — the skipper who scored 120 earlier retiring retired against India successful the warm-up lucifer — Heather Knight, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Sophie Ecclestone and Lauren Bell find their interaction from the earliest of days.
Edwards could thin connected her acquisition successful India arsenic a subordinate and MI coach. So could immoderate of the English players who person taken portion successful the WPL.
South Africa’s 2 main players person besides had the WPL experience. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt — whose screen drives should beryllium 1 of the highlights of this World Cup — and all-rounder Marizanne Kapp are 2 stalwarts the Proteas could beryllium banking on.
There is much acquisition successful the signifier of Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Chloe Tryon and Ayabonga Khaka.
And remember, South Africa was successful the semifinals of the past 2 ODI and the T20I World Cups.
