England V India: Second Women’s Cricket Odi – Live

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Charlotte Edwards is nan champion women’s cricket coach successful nan world*. But moreover she can’t build Rome successful a day. The standard of Edwards’ occupation has revealed itself successful nan past month, pinch her England broadside fighting bony and nail conscionable to enactment successful nan India’s slipstream. They were flattered by a 3-2 conclusion successful nan T20 bid and were beaten pinch deceptive comfortableness successful Thursday’s first ODI. If India triumph astatine Lord’s today, England will person mislaid 2 white-ball bid astatine location successful nan abstraction of 11 days.

Edwards will surely win successful time, but location could beryllium much short-term symptom than we envisaged. The upcoming 50-over World Cup is successful India and Sri Lanka; for a squad who bat truthful awkwardly against spin, this is not wholly optimal.

It’s difficult to spot them beating nan favourites astatine nan World Cup, though New Zealand’s glorious T20 triumph past twelvemonth was a reminder that you tin execute thing pinch Maureen Mentum connected your side. First England request to built that momentum, ideally by winning this ODI series.

Or astatine slightest drafting it: it’s bucketing down astatine Lord’s, pinch a forecast for a full batch more.

Toss** 10.30am

First ball** 11am

* Probably. This is simply a unrecorded blog, not a judicial review. If you person a different opinion, that’s fine. As Clint Eastwood said, opinions are for illustration foibles; everyone’s sewage dozens.

** Not happening