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A 16-0 Ashes drubbing shook immoderate imaginable ounce of complacency retired of England’s strategy earlier this year. It led to immoderate important sackings, with manager Jon Lewis making mode for Charlotte Edward and Heather Knight losing her captaincy, with Nat Sciver-Brunt taking her place.
The upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup possibly comes a spot excessively soon arsenic the Edwards epoch looks to get underway truly.
The broadside has an enviable pedigree connected paper. A dependable batting portion and an imperious rotation onslaught mean 1 cannot number them retired of the knockouts, careless of form.
Amy Jones and skipper Sciver-Brunt person been coagulated with the bat, with 410 and 396 runs respectively successful the format this year. Opener Tammy Beaumont’s consecutive centuries against the West Indies were a precocious point, but England’s soaring assurance was popped mercilessly successful a 1-2 nonaccomplishment to India. Sophia Dunkley’s warring 126-run haul successful that bid offered immoderate solace.
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Knight’s instrumentality to the mediate bid aft a agelong hamstring-induced layoff is simply a changeable successful the limb for the four-time champion. She had a decent outing successful their warm-up fixtures against New Zealand successful Abu Dhabi this month.
The run-up to the World Cup has been marred by contention surrounding Kate Cross’s omission and her claims of losing favour with Edwards. England has placed overmuch religion connected Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer, and Em Arlott to enarthrosis the full gait bowling load.
But it is simply a tried-and-tested rotation quartet led by World No.1 successful ODIs Sophie Ecclestone volition transportation this side’s hopes successful the subcontinent’s anticipated dilatory conditions.
Impact player
Skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 2 group-stage centuries and a important 50 successful the last to assistance England assistance the 2017 World Cup. Similar signifier successful 2022 was cardinal to England finishing arsenic runner-up. As the side’s apical scorer successful this rhythm (1381), she tin assistance England equine a superior situation for the crown.
Edwards is known for her Midas interaction successful the franchise and home circuit, having won 2 Women’s Premier League titles with Mumbai Indians and the Hundred with Southern Brave, on with 5 home trophies with the Southern Vipers. Can she construe that magic connected the planetary stage? Time volition tell.
The squad: Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.
England’s fixtures: Oct. 3: South Africa (Guwahati); Oct. 7: Bangladesh (Guwahati); Oct. 11: Sri Lanka (Colombo); Oct. 15: Pakistan (Colombo); Oct. 19: India (Indore); Oct. 22: Australia (Indore); Oct. 26: New Zealand (Visakhapatnam).
