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The England and Wales Cricket Board have already confirmed they will be conducting a post-series review, that is certain to involve a discussion with Knight about her role as Australia completed their series domination with victory by an innings and 122 runs in the day/night Test.
“Things are pretty raw and the coming weeks are a time for everyone to reflect on what we could have done better and how we’re going to improve as a side,” Knight said. “That [retaining the captaincy] is an emotional decision that’s not going to be made now – it’s one for the coming weeks. It’s been a frustrating tour. We unfortunately haven’t played our best cricket here, and we’ve got a lot of soul-searching to do.”
England’s defeat in Melbourne was a seventh consecutive loss after defeats in the three ODIs and three T20s. Knight accepted some responsibility for the defeat, but expressed her desire to continue to represent England, saying she would use the “hunger” of the loss as motivation to improve.
“Australia is always a tough place to come and tour as a cricketer,” she said. “But ultimately we haven’t played well enough and you’re going to feel that on your shoulders as a leader. We’ll regroup at some point before the season. I think there’ll be some really honest conversations and reflections individually.”
The England head coach, Jon Lewis, promised a thorough review into a historic Ashes whitewash and insisted he was the “right guy” to lead them back from being demolished in Australia. Lewis told TNT Sports: “We review everything all the time, we reflect and we try and grow the team and the sport. Just to do it after every away Ashes series is probably not the right way to do it.
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