Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“big score from the england women today
if there had been any pressure on the new coach after supposedly forcing charlotte edwards out he couldn't have wished for a better start
the boundaries do look like they have been brought in quite short”
TBH this series won't tell england anything since pakistan are not a great women team.
the big test will be WI later this year.
with the resources and money England got they should be number 1 in the format, they been quite awful or underachieving since probably 2010 really quite embarrassing they scraping to qualify in the first attempt for the world cup.
England facing a must win series against WI, they lose and qualification isn't in their hands but in India or WI hands.
Sri lanka won't be easy either at home conditions.
looking at the table
Aus
NZ
will be the top 2 and then 2 of India, WI and england will qualify right now England got the edge but if it loses any game against pak or Sri lanka they lose the edge and they will still face a must win game against WI even if they whitewash Sri lanka as well.
England vs WI and India vs WI are huge series for the teams.
if england beats Sri lanka and pak 3-0 they end up with 25 pts
WI got 20 pts so only needs to win 3 games against india or England to go above that and in theory could beat england 3-0 and then lose 3-0 to india.
india could end up with 25pts as well if it wins all its 6 games and then it would be decided on NRR.
Coach pretty much had to change it since england were struggling for a long time in the women game and not sure being 3rd or 4th best and struggling to beat teams like SA, Sri lanka and India is a good thing.
they are so far behind Australia and probably NZ now in the womens game and the gap between WI, SA, India is quite small now and getting smaller as well.
Still expect England to qualify in the first attempt but they haven't really played well enough to worry the big teams and they probably a good chance they face a must win game at some point in the competition.
Not sure they will win the world cup either or get to the final next year, Aus/NZ look far stronger and England are similar ability to India, WI, SA really.