England want extra publicity to red-ball cricket forward of Ashes following India thrashing, says Charlotte Edwards

Head coach Charlotte Edwards has made getting extra red-ball cricket into her England facet a precedence following their Check thrashing by India as they construct in the direction of the house Ashes in 2027.

England have been hammered by 270 runs within the inaugural girls’s Check at Lord’s – a consequence that continued a winless run in dwelling Exams that stretches again to 2005.

Edwards took over from Jon Lewis following the workforce’s 16-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia in early 2025, which included an innings defeat within the sole Check on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.

Victory within the four-day fixture within the multi-format Ashes sequence is value 4 factors, up from the 2 on provide for every of the six white-ball video games.

Edwards instructed Sky Sports activities: “India play lots of home three or four-day cricket and I believe that has an influence.

“This can be a format our gamers aren’t uncovered to – and that is one thing we might want to upskill them in.

“We have to see that as a priority. With an Ashes Test worth four points, that is a large chunk, so a lot of attention over the next eight or nine months will be on four-day skills.”

Edwards: I’d like to see extra Check cricket performed

Edwards continued: “That’s my job ahead of a massive Ashes Test match that we have to be ready for and better prepared for. This has highlighted to me that we have to improve in areas.

“I’m actually enthusiastic about this winter and dealing with a bigger group of gamers to show them to as a lot four-day cricket as we will and hopefully speed up their studying on this format.

“The girls want to play Test cricket and I think it is such an important format for us to learn discipline, technique, the repetition of skill. I would love to see more played.

“We’re taking part in two-day cricket at academy stage however these gamers must be higher ready so they don’t seem to be taking part in their first four-day recreation in a Check.”

Edwards feels India’s “discipline” is one thing England can study from, with the vacationers displaying her facet that you’ve got “got to be on it every single ball”, whereas she additionally stated her prices must be higher in defence to counteract correct bowling.

The 46-year-old should additionally now plan for all times with out former captain Heather Knight and fellow batter Tammy Beaumont, each of whom retired from worldwide cricket after the Lord’s Check.

Edwards added of the gamers’ choices: “I’m not surprised, but it’s still a shock when they say that news.

“Two superb servants to English girls’s cricket, two superb batters and one superb chief in Heather.

“They’re going to be sorely missed. But this is a massive opportunity for our younger players now to step into those roles.”

‘Quite a lot of work for England to do’

With England thumped by Australia at Lord’s within the T20 World Cup closing 5 days earlier than the Check towards India started, that’s now two sobering defeats in just a little over per week.

England have misplaced their final 9 matches towards Australia throughout the codecs and never received an Ashes sequence since Edwards captained the facet to glory away from dwelling in 2014.

Pundit Ebony Rainford-Brent instructed Sky Sports activities: “[Edwards] has to go and do some serious homework.

“She has to work out what her workforce seems to be like for the subsequent technology, not only a match, now that Tammy and Heather [have retired] and it’s the finish of an period.

“Are they going to back a left-handed batter in Jodi Grewcock? Is it going to be Emma Lamb? Will they bring in Davin Perrin?

“These are the types of questions so they’re getting expertise up and never solely matching groups however surpassing them.

“That is a lot of work to do.”

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