England 'on A Journey' - Edwards Refuses To Panic

England are a squad successful modulation and location is nary request for panic aft their T20 bid nonaccomplishment against India, said caput coach Charlotte Edwards.

Fresh from a disastrous wintertime which saw an early T20 World Cup exit and an Ashes hammering, England began their caller era nether Edwards and skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt pinch white-ball bid sweeps complete nan West Indies.

However, they person mostly been outplayed successful nan consequent T20s against India and nan visitors claimed a convincing six-wicket triumph astatine Old Trafford to return an unassailable 3-1 lead successful nan five-match series, which is followed by 3 one-day internationals.

"As agelong arsenic we are looking to get better, I americium not going to panic," Edwards told Sky Sports.

"We are going to beryllium calm. We are a squad connected a journey. We are a squad successful transition. It's not going to hap overnight.

"We are not going to abruptly get this squad performing really we want them to. But hopefully we person sewage a spot of time, surely successful T20 cricket.

"Hopefully you will spot an improved squad successful ODI cricket, that's our contiguous extremity travel October."

The autumn sees England caput to India and Sri Lanka for nan 50-over World Cup, putting nan one-dayers that travel Saturday's 5th T20 nether a greater spotlight.

"What this [T20] bid has enabled america to spot is nan squad nether pressure," said Edwards.

"The last crippled astatine The Oval was a awesome illustration of that. We dropped a mates of catches but we took a superb 1 that was astir apt game-changing by Charlie Dean.

"We person sewage to support moving connected that area. India person improved massively because they person played successful nan WPL (Women's Premier League), wherever they are playing successful beforehand of 30,000 group regularly. I tin spot nan power of that connected this Indian team.

"We person sewage to effort and create that done The Hundred and competitions crossed nan world and hopefully successful nan bid we get to play."

England's fielding was an area earmarked for betterment erstwhile Edwards was hired followed nan 16-0 Ashes debacle successful Australia complete nan winter.

"Really disappointing" was nan erstwhile captain's appraisal of that facet of her side's performances aft a number of dropped catches crossed nan India series.

"I cognize nan results haven't gone our measurement but I support saying to nan players that we're connected a journey, and nan T20 travel is for [the T20 World Cup] adjacent summer," Edwards told BBC Test Match Special.

"We are learning tons astir this existent group, but they've sewage to study quickly, astir really to build an innings successful nan mediate overs and that benignant of thing.

"In position of our bowling, it is exciting. [Lauren] Bell, [Lauren] Filer, [Issy] Wong, [Sophie] Ecclestone's shown her class.

"We want nan squad to beryllium playing nether much pressure, we person seen that now, and I'm learning a batch from that."

If nan West Indies bid was a timely assurance boost pursuing nan Ashes, India person provided a reality cheque arsenic England effort to crippled a way to becoming nan champion broadside successful nan world.

"This is 1 of nan champion teams successful nan world and wherever we want to aspire to get to," Edwards said of India.

"At times astatine The Oval it was astonishing really we fought backmost but we haven't been capable to do it consistently capable wherever India person and that is why they're 3-1 up.

"I'm learning each azygous day, we're talking and reviewing a lot. I deliberation this is conscionable going to return a spot longer than we'd person liked.

"We person travel up against a very bully squad but what I tin show you is that everything is being done down nan scenes for america to improve, for america to get there, and we've sewage to beryllium realistic."