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Australia give improved England plenty to ponder one year out from Ashes

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England showed plenty of positives during their run to the T20 World Cup final but the margin of defeat leaves coach Charlotte Edwards with questions to answer.

But each is not rosy and the symptom of decision was evident erstwhile Edwards spoke post-match.

After a tally of 5 single-figure scores successful 7 matches astatine this World Cup, the clip has travel for England to find a successor to wicketkeeper Amy Jones.

The 33-year-old's glovework has seldom been successful uncertainty but she has 2 centuries successful 260 matches and was incapable to present successful a escaped relation astatine the apical of the bid here.

Pressure connected her spot would person travel sooner but for a scarcity of options, with Surrey's Kira Chathli, 26, oregon Lancashire's Ellie Threlkeld, 27, the adjacent successful enactment without gathering a compelling case.

The bold determination would beryllium to put successful Capsey, who was England's back-up keeper present and is highly regarded for her skills but has not kept regularly since Under-17 cricket.

That would let the immensely talented Davina Perrin to travel successful arsenic opener alongside Danni Wyatt-Hodge - this tournament's starring run-scorer aged 35.

Eighteen-year-old Tilly Corteen-Coleman, portion of this squad but not picked, should present besides beryllium fixed a run.

By reaching this last England repositioned themselves arsenic the 2nd champion squad successful the satellite down Australia. That was erstwhile a fixed but was nary longer the lawsuit aft 3 underwhelming World Cups since their erstwhile last successful 2022.

Rather ominously, successful her quality conference, Australia skipper Sophie Molineux said her broadside has not "reached immoderate ceiling".

Praised for being a "people person" by all-rounder Ellyse Perry and, shown by her lycra-wearing aerobics teacher alter-ego, external, much relaxed than her predecessors Meg Lanning oregon Alyssa Healy, it whitethorn beryllium that Molineux is the cleanable skipper for this experienced radical successful greenish and gold.

If so, that would adhd adjacent much trouble to the situation awaiting Edwards.

She believes her broadside has won backmost the enactment of the English public aft the fierce fallout from the Ashes defeat.

She has besides dragged England backmost into the speech astatine these satellite events.

England's manager has galore of the components needed but her 3rd challenge, catching and overhauling Australia by adjacent summer, is the astir hard of all.

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