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It is worrying to see them strong team ranked second in ODIs struggling at home especially with their batting. When their opening batters perform poorly it puts much of pressure on rest of team and good start is key in ODI cricket. Upcoming second match is vital for England to tie series. If they lose this home series to close rival like India it would be big disappointment. Their batters especially openers really need to improve if they want to win.
England Women are simply not in the best of their form. They lost the T20 series and also lost the first ODI match. They need to focus on batting more than their bowling. In the last match, the openers had such a bad start. Both Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones were out when the score the only 20. Middle order batsmen did make some sort of partnerships but none of them could finish strongly. Sophia Dunkley made 83 runs and she could have made her century but missed it.
Tomorrow's game would be extremely important between the two teams, if England loses again, they would lose another series at their home ground and it won't be good for their women's cricket.