{"id":216693,"date":"2025-10-22T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216693\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:59:10","slug":"womens-world-cup-2025-england-face-australia-with-a-golden-opportunity-to-heal-ashes-scars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216693\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s World Cup 2025: England face Australia with a golden opportunity to heal Ashes scars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fallout and scrutiny on England after the Ashes was so significant that it was never going to be a quick fix for Edwards, who was ushered in to replace Jon Lewis in the aftermath. <\/p>\n

Even here in India and Sri Lanka, where they are unbeaten, there are still areas needed to improve considerably if they are to kick on past the semi-finals, most notably a fragile middle order which is relying heavily on Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight. <\/p>\n

However, considering that much of the criticism they faced surrounded their attitude and perception to the public, there has been a notable difference in that regard. <\/p>\n

Sciver-Brunt said before the tournament the team was “chalk and cheese”<\/a> from the one which ended the Ashes in Melbourne. <\/p>\n

They had been thumped inside three days in the one-off Test and worn down by a brutal, winless tour, consoled by their families and friends, while the jubilant Australians basked in the glory. <\/p>\n

But here, England are relaxed and quietly confident. They are more engaging with the media, and when under pressure on the field have held their nerve rather than buckling.<\/p>\n

Under Lewis their mantra was to “inspire and entertain”, which seemed to get lost in translation quite often as they became overly aggressive, but under Edwards things have shifted – in fact, they are even embracing being boring.<\/p>\n

“It’s the way it can go in ODI cricket sometimes – you just have to stay in it, try and be boring, try and control the game as much as you can,” fast bowler Lauren Bell told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

“If you can bowl tight over, after tight over, after tight over, it’s a way of building pressure and then the wicket will hopefully come.<\/p>\n

“I get told to be boring a lot when it comes to bowling, as in bowl the same ball – your best ball as much as possible. <\/p>\n

“We’ve come a long way since we played Australia in the Ashes. Lottie’s [Charlotte Edwards] really big on just winning, and working out a way however it looks or however it might come – sometimes winning ugly is something that you need to learn how to do.” <\/p>\n

The knockout stage is looming and that is where their new process and mindset will be tested most, but on Wednesday England have a chance to show they have put the Ashes behind them while in form and riding a wave of positivity – something they are rarely afforded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fallout and scrutiny on England after the Ashes was so significant that it was never going to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-216693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}