England Women lost the fourth game of the ongoing five-match T20I series against India, and with a 3-1 lead, the visitors have sealed the series with one match still to go. However, England Women’s head coach Charlotte Edwards has said there is no reason to panic despite the result, as the team’s focus remains on steady improvement.
While speaking to Sky Sports, Edwards said: “As long as we are looking to get better, I am not going to panic. We are going to be calm. We are a team on a journey. We are a team in transition. It’s not going to happen overnight. We are not going to suddenly get this team performing how we want them to. But hopefully we have got a bit of time, certainly in T20 cricket. Hopefully you will see an improved team in ODI cricket, that’s our immediate goal come October.”
She also reflected on what this ongoing T20I series has revealed about the squad, especially under pressure.
“What this [T20] series has enabled us to see is the team under pressure. The last game at The Oval was a great example of that. We dropped a couple of catches but we took a brilliant one that was probably game-changing by Charlie Dean. We have got to keep working on that area. India have improved massively because they have played in the WPL (Women’s Premier League), where they are playing in front of 30,000 people regularly. I can see the influence of that on this Indian team. We have got to try and create that through The Hundred and competitions across the world and hopefully in the series we get to play,” she added.
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