England Ladies head coach Jon Lewis says his facet are in “a really good place” for the upcoming Ashes sequence in Australia, which he describes as cricket’s “hardest challenge”.
Lewis’ facet bounced again from their T20 World Cup disappointment with a dominant multi-format sequence win in South Africa earlier this month.
The Ladies’s Ashes sequence begins on January 11 with three ODIs, adopted by three T20s and a single Check match on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on January 30.
Lewis stated: “We’ve come off the back of a really successful tour of South Africa, which gave us some really nice preparation.
“We’re in a extremely good place. We spent lots of time reflecting on what occurred on the World Cup and we’re in a greater place now than after we acquired on the aircraft to South Africa.
“It is a robust, robust problem. Is it the toughest problem? Sure, most likely, nearly.
“Winning a 50-over World Cup in India is a big challenge as well, so 2025 is a huge year for us. We’ve got two very different challenges that we’re really looking forward to.”
England, underneath captain Heather Knight, are bidding to win The Ashes for the primary time in 10 years, with Australia retaining them in an exhilarating drawn sequence in England in 2023.
Australia have additionally bounced again from T20 World Cup disappointment – they misplaced to South Africa within the semi-finals – by beating India 3-0 of their one-day worldwide sequence.
Lewis added: “Their report must be revered and as a workforce they need to be revered and we’re actually conscious of how laborious the problem will likely be to go and play our greatest cricket in Australia.
“I suppose the thing we’ll focus on rather than on the opposition will be ourselves and how we want to play.
“If we play our greatest cricket it will likely be a aggressive sequence and I hope everybody will get completely entertained like they did a few years in the past in England.
“We’re pretty confident but we also understand what a huge challenge of playing against Australia is for any team.”
Australia retained the Ashes in 2023 after an exhilarating drawn sequence in England
England have named 4 potential Ashes debutants of their squad.
All-rounder Freya Kemp and spinner Linsey Smith are each named within the T20 squad, with wicketkeeper Bess Heath included within the T20 and Check squads because the trio compete to make their Ashes debuts.
Seamer Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual can be included within the Check squad after impressing on debut within the latest tour of South Africa.
Nat Sciver-Brunt is about to be the important thing determine for England of their pursuit of The Ashes, after an excellent yr which culminated in her hitting the quickest century in ladies’s Assessments in opposition to South Africa, from simply 96 balls.
England Ladies ODI squad: Heather Knight (captain; Somerset), Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze), Lauren Bell (Hampshire), Maia Bouchier (Hampshire), Alice Capsey (Surrey), Kate Cross (Lancashire), Charlie Dean (Somerset), Sophia Dunkley (Surrey), Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire), Lauren Filer (Durham), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Amy Jones (The Blaze), Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey).
England Ladies IT20 squad: Heather Knight (captain; Somerset), Lauren Bell (Hampshire), Maia Bouchier (Hampshire), Alice Capsey (Surrey), Charlie Dean (Somerset), Sophia Dunkley (Surrey), Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire), Lauren Filer (Durham), Danielle Gibson (Somerset), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Bess Heath (Durham), Amy Jones (The Blaze), Freya Kemp (Hampshire), Linsey Smith (Hampshire), Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey).
England Ladies Check squad: Heather Knight (captain; Somerset), Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze), Lauren Bell (Hampshire), Maia Bouchier (Hampshire), Kate Cross (Lancashire), Charlie Dean (Somerset), Sophia Dunkley (Surrey), Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire), Lauren Filer (Durham), Bess Heath (Durham), Amy Jones (The Blaze), Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual (Surrey), Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey).
2025 Ladies’s Ashes schedule
UK dates and occasions
CommBank Ladies’s Ashes ODI Sequence
- First ODI: North Sydney Oval, Sydney – Saturday, January 11 (11.30pm)
- Second ODI: Junction Oval, Melbourne – Monday, January 13 (11.05pm)
- Third ODI: Bellerive Oval, Hobart – Thursday, January 16 (11.05pm)
CommBank Ladies’s Ashes IT20 Sequence
- First IT20: SCG, Sydney – Monday, January 20 (8.40am)
- Second IT20: Manuka Oval, Canberra – Thursday, January 23 (8.40am)
- Third IT20: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – Saturday, January 25 (8.10am)
CommBank Ladies’s Ashes Check Match
- One-off Check: MCG, Melbourne – January 30 to February 2 (3.30am)
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