The difficult winter also saw England knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group stages last autumn, and led to scrutiny surrounding the team’s fitness, attitude and ability to perform in high-pressure situations. In their home summer, Sciver-Brunt oversaw a clean sweep in both white-ball formats against West Indies in her first series in charge but they were subsequently beaten in both series against a far superior India, who are hosting the World Cup with Sri Lanka.But Sciver-Brunt added that things had improved “both on and off the field” as England begin their quest for a first trophy since the famous World Cup win over India at Lord’s in 2017.”We felt like we couldn’t do anything right out in Australia and we obviously felt hugely negative about our whole experience there. “Cricket-wise, we just didn’t put out the performances that we wanted to and that we would have been proud of. “We have been reflecting on that, trying to draw a line in the sand and bringing in different things on and off the pitch. It has been a really good catalyst for us to be in the place that we are now.”We’re quietly confident about our abilities and confident in the way that we want to go about things.”
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Women’s World Cup 2025: England are ‘chalk and cheese’ from the Ashes, says Nat Sciver-Brunt
