What does it feel like to play in an Ashes-winning team? The current crop of England players would struggle to tell you. It has been a decade since the women’s Ashes were in English hands – when they won in Australia in 2013-14 – while the past two series ended 12-4. England barely even showed up, relying on washouts, drawn Tests and dead rubbers to get any points.
All the more extraordinary, then, that England go into Sunday’s ODI – the penultimate match of the series – with the score all square at 6-6, having beaten Australia three times on the trot.
