England Women's Cricket Team faces media criticism after losing all six white-ball matches in the Ashes tour. The team aims to avoid a clean sweep in the one-off Test match and are focusing on improving their performance.
All-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt says England are focusing on "blocking the outside noise" amid media criticism regarding their performances on the Women's Ashes tour.
"We talk about ourselves and how we want to play, so we're just trying to block the outside noise and focus on what we can do better," Sciver-Brunt told BBC Sport. "Because of body image issues and mental health, there is sometimes a fear of criticising athletic performance or image which is specific for women's sport," Rainford-Brent told the"I would like to know whether the internal criticism is coming hard enough in the dressing room from the players and management, or is everyone being 'nicey nicey'.
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