England head coach Jon Lewis promised a radical assessment right into a historic Ashes whitewash and insisted he was the “proper man” to guide them again from being demolished in Australia.
England suffered a humiliating 16-0 collection thrashing as Australia accomplished their domination with victory by an innings and 122 runs within the day/night time Check.
Alana King and Ash Gardner spun England into the bottom because the vacationers collapsed from 79 for one to 148 all out of their second innings at Melbourne Cricket Floor.
Having misplaced each ODI and T20 codecs 3-0, it was one other sobering train for England who had held Australia – the primary workforce in ladies’s cricket – to an 8-8 Ashes draw on house soil 18 months in the past.
Evaluation
Lewis advised TNT Sports activities: “We assessment all the pieces on a regular basis, we replicate and we attempt to develop the workforce and the game.
“Simply to do it after each away Ashes collection might be not the best strategy to do it.
“We’ll have a look at each single facet of what we do internally and I’m positive the individuals who work externally from this group, particularly, will have a look at that as properly.
“We must study and transfer the workforce ahead. We clearly must compete higher throughout the bilateral collection we play in opposition to Australia, however we’ve additionally received World Cups as properly.
“We’ve received a 50-over World Cup developing in India this 12 months and we’ve received to show round issues actually rapidly as a result of it’s solely eight or 9 months away.”
Former England seamer Lewis was put in control of the ladies’s facet in November 2022 after being concerned as bowling coach with the nationwide males’s workforce.
Lewis’ place has come underneath scrutiny in Australia over the previous few weeks and he was requested about his future after England’s destiny was sealed in Melbourne.
He stated: “I strongly really feel that there’s actual progress left on this group of gamers. We’ve received some actually younger gamers which have performed all through this collection.
Nonetheless Dedicated
“I actually really feel I haven’t completed the job I got here right here to do.
“Clearly the outcomes haven’t gone the way in which we wish them, however I’m actually dedicated to the individuals within the dressing room and to rising ladies’s cricket in England. So, yeah, I really feel I’m the best man to do it.”
Captain Heather Knight’s personal future was additionally set to be a subject of debate within the coming months.
Requested if she had performed her final Ashes match, the 34-year-old batter stated: “I don’t know in the meanwhile. It’s all fairly uncooked and it’s occurred fairly rapidly.
“The way forward for the workforce is one thing that will likely be labored out within the subsequent couple of months.”
On England’s thumping defeat, Knight added: “When this Australian workforce is on high they’re actually good at urgent house their benefit and conserving that profitable momentum.
“It’s been a very robust and irritating tour, however we’ll look again on these first two video games the place we had an opportunity to get not less than one win, possibly two wins.
“If that occurs, it’s trying like a unique collection total.”
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