Published: November 21, 2018
Ahead of a World T20 showdown with West Indies, Australia’s captain hails a shift in mentality
They knew they had a problem. The talent was still there, but in the shortest form of the game, the wins stopped coming at the rate they once did for Australia’s women. After a hat-trick of global short-form titles to start the decade, the rest of the world was catching up.
The pointy end of this World T20 marks the culmination of a year of introspection then hard work after accepting that the status quo no longer cuts it. “We thought we could play at 70 or 80 per cent and still be able to win,” captain Meg Lanning recalled to Guardian Australian on the eve of their semi-final against West Indies. “But those days are well and truly gone.”
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