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England has “cultural” problems to be solved as a result of the 16-0 disastrous female ashes, said Kate Cross.
The Board of Directors of England and Wales leads an in -depth review of the series, to which all players have had the opportunity to contribute, which will be compiled by Clare Connor, Director General of Women’s Cricket.
Cross was one of the senior players on tour and although she did not play because of a back injury, she talked about the collapse of the series in Australia and the implications of being so completely outdated.
“Obviously, with a 16-0, it is difficult to sit here and to see a lot of positive, but I believe that as a team, we do a lot,” said the bowling player. “I think there are areas that we must obviously approach, from the point of view of the cricket, but probably cultural points of view also, so I hope that this criticism – I do not know what will find it – but I hope that it is the things that will be addressed and will open the way to the next generation to play for England.
“Because in the end, I think we may have lost a few fans in the past two months, which is really sad from our point of view. I think that the ashes of 2023 were how good it can be, and the ashes of 2025 were how bad it can be.
“So, as a professional sportsman, you have to set up this wave and we, as cricket players, know how bad this tour was, so we are not going to try to run sugar. But I would like people to fall in love with English cricket, what I know is something that men from England and women in England did not necessarily do very well this winter. »»
Although Cross did not develop the cultural aspects that affected the tour, there were a number of external factors that seemed to affect the side. Sophie Ecclestone refused to do an interview with the former player who became the broadcaster Alex Hartley, who then criticized some players for giving him “cold shoulder”.
There have also been criticisms of the team’s physical condition during the T20 World Cup who were never fully discussed by coaches staff, who recognized a gap in athletics compared to the Australian team.
Cross underwent a serious back injury before the trip and despite her trips in the hope of being in good shape for the test match and undergoing epidural, she was finally excluded from the match at the MCG.
She added: “My reflections on my trip were quite unusual. I couldn’t play a cricket game. But as a 33 -year -old man, getting out of an Ashes series was devastating.
“In the end, as players, we always want to try to take an interest in young girls through the game, and we lose in a rather radical way will not do it, so we will try to see how we want to represent ourselves as a team that goes ahead and try to recover a little love from our fans.”
Thinking about the Ashes series as a whole, Cross said: “It was unprecedented to see how much we performed there.
“I don’t think anyone who probably predicted that the ashes are revealing like that, and obviously there was a huge disappointment that came with it.
“But I think that as a group of players now, we do not know what will come from this review, but I think it motivates you to be a better group of players and a better version of yourself without seeing too cliché.
“We did not go there and played the right cricket for part of this tour, so we cannot move away from this saying that we want to” inspire and entertain ” [the team mantra] When we don’t do our job as we should have done. So, with the negative, I hope there is a big positive that comes with it. »»
