Edwards: Pressure on Australia in World Cup final

Charlotte Edwards says Australia will be the side under more pressure when they face England in Sunday's World Cup final in Christchurch.

Australia are ranked No 1 in the world, have won each of their eight games at this year's World Cup and 37 of their last 38 ODIs, and beat England 12-4 during this winter's multi-format Ashes series.

But Edwards, who led England to the World Cup title in 2009 as part of a 50-over and T20 double, believes Heather Knight's defending champions can pull off an upset at Hagley Oval this weekend.

England lost their first three matches at the tournament, making every game from that point a must-win, and they are now on a five-fixture winning streak after trouncing South Africa by 137 runs in the semi-finals.

Edwards told Sky Sports News: "I think the slate is clean for England. Who cares what happened in the Ashes? It's a one-off game and I can tell you who is under more pressure and it's Australia.

"Australia have had an unbelievable run of form. They are a very good cricket team but they are beatable. We pushed them in the Ashes and just couldn't get over the line

"Funny things can happen in a one-off game that means a lot. England have been under pressure more in this tournament than Australia.

"England need to put Australia under pressure and they have the bowling attack to do that. I think England need to bat first, get over 230 on the board and in a final I think that will be enough

"England are full of depth and world-class players and have shown that in the last week or so. They are going in with form and a lot of their main players with good scores under their belt.

"I am delighted to see them in the final. Two weeks ago this looked a long way off but I had firm belief that England