Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry feels that arch-rivals England can bounce again underneath their new head coach and former batter Charlotte Edwards taking up, saying that the group is a “group of champions”. England Girls misplaced all seven video games on their multi-format Ashes tour of Australia earlier this yr – a consequence that was adopted by head coach Jon Lewis and captain Heather Knight each stepping down from their roles. Perry, nonetheless, is assured that come the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup in India later this yr, England will flip the web page with new head coach Charlotte Edwards taking up.
“If you happen to take a look at the category of that English group and the gamers they’ve, their greatest eleven is a formidable aspect,” Perry instructed Sky Sports activities as quoted by ICC.
“I’ve acquired completely little doubt that they are going to be a really totally different group this summer time in England, but in addition within the World Cup in India.”
“They’re a gaggle of champions, and you’re all the time allowed to have some robust intervals and challenges the place you’re a bit off.”
“However there may be quite a lot of class in that group, and that may present fairly rapidly. It was most likely extra of a blip than any sort of long-standing subject, so I’m excited to see how Edwards brings them again,” she concluded.
Former England captain Edwards had led the aspect to an ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup in addition to T20 World Cup titles again in 2009.
The ICC Corridor of Famer might be hoping to take England one step additional on the Cricket World Cup in India later this yr, having completed as runner-ups within the 2022 version of the match.
Each Australia and England have already certified for the marquee match – ending first and third within the ICC Girls’s Championship 2022/25 standings.
Whereas Perry will play a pivotal function in Australia’s Cricket World Cup title defence in India, the veteran all-rounder can also be eyeing a serious summer time in England subsequent yr that may see them host the Girls’s T20 World Cup.
“Culturally, there are such a lot of similarities between Australian and English cricket. I’ve had the prospect to play in England fairly a bit throughout my profession, and I all the time love doing that.”
“Taking part in T20 cricket (for Hampshire) right here, I’ve additionally acquired an eye fixed on the World Cup in England subsequent yr, so I’m excited for the prospect to be right here this summer time.”
“Everybody is basically wanting ahead to that occasion. There may be quite a lot of competitors, notably taking part in in India, that all the time brings quite a lot of challenges,” he concluded.
On the earlier version of the match, whereas England had been knocked out of the match within the group phases, Australia had been bested by South Africa within the semi-finals.
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