Charlotte Edwards’ team play Bangladesh on Thursday in India while journeyman Matt Every tries to win Arnold Palmer Invitational for third timeEngland’s women initiate their tender for the World Twenty20 against Bangladesh on Thursday (Sky Sports 2,9.30am, Five Live TBC), and in India. Recent ODI and T20 series wins over South Africa have given the squad momentum and confidence before the competition where they were victorious at the inaugural tournament (2009,in England) and have made the final in two of the subsequent three, all of which have been won by Australia. They have to face formidable opposition in Group B in India, and West Indies and Pakistan but their head coach,Mark Robinson, is confident and has a settled side. Charlotte Edwards remains in charge and her seam bowling attack of Katherine Brunt and Anya Shrubsole will be augmented by the World Cup debut for Edwards’s Kent team-mate Natasha Farrant.
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Source: theguardian.com