England's women will hope to build on the success of their World Cup triumph and wrest back the Ashes from an Australian side shorn of talismanic captain Meg Lanning. "We've got over (the World Cup) now," Australia pace bowler Megan Schutt told reporters this week. She enters the tournament off the back of an outstanding World Cup where she amassed 404 runs and took nine wickets. The limited overs matches are worth two points for a win, with victory in the test worth four. Women's cricket has gone from strength to strength since the last Ashes two years ago, as witnessed by the sell-out crowd that saw England defeat India by nine runs in the World Cup final at Lord's.

Source: India Today October 19, 2017 07:18 UTC