Jon Lewis says England women are 'ready to fly' as he takes control of the squad

The cue ball turn is Lewis' prime culprit, and it's boosted by captain Heather Knight's return from injury.
He's taking over a team that's starting to transition, with Lisa Keightley bloodying a lot of young talent over the summer - but it gets him excited.
"The ceiling is incredibly high for this group of players," he said.
Speaking after his first training session with the team, Lewis said the team had benefited from the early exposure of his youngsters players in international cricket.
"We have a beautifully balanced team", a- he declared.
"With the emergence of some players this summer who might not have had those opportunities if all of our senior players had been in form, so we could be in a very different position now.
"But I'm very lucky that they've had a taste of international cricket now and know what it takes to win internationally."
It was a tough end to the summer for England and a tough end to the reign for Lisa Keightley, who beat South Africa in the multi-format series but finished fourth in the Olympics. Commonwealth and lost 3-0 in the one-day internationals to India.

They were without Knight , who underwent hip surgery, while Nat Sciver and Katherine Bru nt have taken breaks from the game.

But Lewis takes the Caribbean side with all three fit and available - although Brunt is only selected for the T20 leg of the tour and Sciver has elected to no longer be vice-captain - and is delighted to combine his experience with the emerging talent of Alice Capsey, Issy Wong, Lauren Bell and Freya Kemp.
"They are exciting young cricketers and the world is theirs," he said . "I'm thrilled to help them unlock this potential and there's nothing this group can't achieve.
" I think this team is ready to fly. My job is to release the handbrake, set them free and allow them to play to their full potential."
While the West Indies tour is Lewis' first assignment, attention soon turns to the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, a tournament in which England will be desperate to impress after missing out on the final in 2020.
< p class="" data-reactid=".41w7x6lxw0.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16">They reached the 50 plus World Cup final in March, but been beaten by Australia, but Lewis is confident to bounce back.< /p>
"We know we are not away from winning trophies, and there were little moments in those games that if they had gone our way we would be world champions," added Lewis, 47, a former Gloucestershire dressmaker.
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"But Australia have been dominant, and rightly so they are playing fantasy cricket t we are looking to play a brand of cricket to challenge and overthrow them ."

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Jon Lewis says England women are 'ready to fly' as he takes control of the squad

Heather Knight (left) and Issy Wong (right) jump and celebrate a wicket together

The cue ball turn is Lewis' prime culprit, and it's boosted by captain Heather Knight's return from injury.

He's taking over a team that's starting to transition, with Lisa Keightley bloodying a lot of young talent over the summer - but it gets him excited.

"The ceiling is incredibly high for this group of players," he said.

Speaking after his first training session with the team, Lewis said the team had benefited from the early exposure of his youngsters players in international cricket.

"We have a beautifully balanced team", a- he declared.

"With the emergence of some players this summer who might not have had those opportunities if all of our senior players had been in form, so we could be in a very different position now.

"But I'm very lucky that they've had a taste of international cricket now and know what it takes to win internationally."

It was a tough end to the summer for England and a tough end to the reign for Lisa Keightley, who beat South Africa in the multi-format series but finished fourth in the Olympics. Commonwealth and lost 3-0 in the one-day internationals to India.

They were without Knight , who underwent hip surgery, while Nat Sciver and Katherine Bru nt have taken breaks from the game.

But Lewis takes the Caribbean side with all three fit and available - although Brunt is only selected for the T20 leg of the tour and Sciver has elected to no longer be vice-captain - and is delighted to combine his experience with the emerging talent of Alice Capsey, Issy Wong, Lauren Bell and Freya Kemp.

"They are exciting young cricketers and the world is theirs," he said . "I'm thrilled to help them unlock this potential and there's nothing this group can't achieve.

" I think this team is ready to fly. My job is to release the handbrake, set them free and allow them to play to their full potential."

While the West Indies tour is Lewis' first assignment, attention soon turns to the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, a tournament in which England will be desperate to impress after missing out on the final in 2020.

< p class="" data-reactid=".41w7x6lxw0.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16">They reached the 50 plus World Cup final in March, but been beaten by Australia, but Lewis is confident to bounce back.< /p>

"We know we are not away from winning trophies, and there were little moments in those games that if they had gone our way we would be world champions," added Lewis, 47, a former Gloucestershire dressmaker.

"But Australia have been dominant, and rightly so they are playing fantasy cricket t we are looking to play a brand of cricket to challenge and overthrow them ."