England will begin their intended white-ball reboot under Brendon McCullum with a full complement of fast bowlers after Saqib Mahmood was belatedly granted a visa for the tour of India
Australia are closing in on retaining the honours.
India's cricket board has capped the amount of time players can spend with their families on tour after a string of Test defeats including a 3-1 drubbing in Australia this month."The cricket board needs to stop acting like admirers and put their foot down," retired Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar told news channel India Today earlier this month after the Australia tour.
England’s captain Heather Knight said England face a tough battle to win the Ashes but urged her team to keep believing despite losing all three ODIs