Australia coach Shelley Nitschke has admitted the staff are lacking absent captain Meg Lanning after they suffered a second consecutive defeat to lose a T20 bilateral sequence for the primary time in additional than six years.
England’s five-wicket victory at Lord’s on Saturday evening stored the future of the ladies’s Ashes in dispute with three ODIs to come back.
Afterwards Nitschke stated the staff had been lacking Lanning, however she was assured they’d the gamers to swing momentum within the sequence again of their favour.
Lanning pulled out of the squad shortly earlier than they left for England final month attributable to medical causes. The 31-year-old had returned to cricket in January after a six-month psychological well being break.
“She’s one of the best players in the world and she’s been in our cycle a long time, so we were definitely going to miss her,” Nitschke stated. “Any team that has had Meg Lanning in their side will miss her when she’s not there.
“She’s at all times made a number of runs over right here. So we have definitely missed her, however I nonetheless assume we’ve got the staff and good depth to cowl.”
In Lanning’s absence Australia made 7-155 on Saturday having been put into bat with Beth Mooney (32 off 27), Ash Gardner (32 off 25) and Ellyse Perry (34 off 25) making the main contributions.
Rain during the interval then reduced England’s target to 119 off 14 overs which they achieved in the final over. Only Darcie Brown (1-18 off three overs) and Georgia Wareham (1-10 off two) escaped punishment as 18 year-old Alice Capsey (46 off 23) cut loose.
Nitschke indicated that changes would likely be made for the ODI series, which starts on Wednesday in Bristol.
“Potentially, yeah. That’s one thing we’ll have a look at over the following couple of days. We’ll take a look at what’s out greatest aspect for the format and the situations in Bristol.”
The tourists fielded the same XI in all three T20s and while no player failed three times all the batters except Beth Mooney were dismissed in single figures while of the bowlers only Darcie Brown performed consistently all series.
Australia have won 15 consecutive ODIs and the coach added: “They may need the momentum however that may change fairly rapidly. We’re assured that we are able to swing the momentum again our manner.”
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