England’s head coach, Jon Lewis, has criticised the “rammed” Women’s Ashes schedule, blaming the Women’s Premier League in India for the compressed nature of the tour.
The series begins on 12 January in Sydney and will take place across five different cities. It involves three ODIs, three T20s and a four-day Test, all in the space of three weeks. With only four days between the third T20 and the pink-ball MCG Test, there is also no time for a longer-format warm-up.
