'England didn't show up against West Indies - but they have resilience'

England Women's World Cup title defence has started poorly with successive defeats. Phoebe Graham says improvement is needed but the team have the "resilience" required to get back on track...

​​​England need some of the West Indies' hunger and fire to turn their World Cup around. Two defeats in two games means they are now pretty much in must-win territory.

It's not going to be an easy road to the knockout stages with strong competition left to play and standards dropping. Something needs to change to restore England's hopes of retaining the trophy.

If we rewind to the first game against Australia, that was one hell of a match - high-scoring, with batting masterclasses from some of the best players in the world: Rachael Haynes (130), Meg Lanning (86), Tammy Beaumont (74) and Nat Sciver (109 not out).

Australia's attack looked aggressive and threatening with all bowlers performing. Jess Jonassen and Tahlia McGrath took two wickets apiece and it was fitting that the day after the sad passing of all-time great Shane Warne, leg-spinner Alana King took three wickets.

It showed us what the Women's World Cup is all about - the best in the world competing on the world stage.

Even though Australia ran the show, England's determination and resilience kept them in the game throughout their batting innings. With the high run chase of 311, sadly Sciver's century went unrewarded as the girls fell 12 runs short of a win.

One more strong partnership from the top order would have helped them over the line but they can't seem to find a way to get on the right side of the Aussies this winter.

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So, on to the second game...

I'm not normally critical of the England girls