Lewis points finger at WPL over 'rammed' Ashes schedule

England's head coach, Jon Lewis, has criticised the "rammed" Women's Ashes schedule, blaming the Women's Premier League in India for the compressed nature of the tour.

- Raf Nicholson

The series begins on 12 January in Sydney and will take place across five different cities. It involves three ODIs, three T20s and a four-day Test, all in the space of three weeks. With only four days between the third T20 and the pink-ball MCG Test, there is also no time for a longer-format warm-up.

"My preference would be that there's more space between the games, and the players' preference would be as well," Lewis said. "I'm pretty sure we would have requested more space between the white ball games and the Test match, but the schedule came back as it was.

"It won't be straightforward. The schedule is pretty rammed close together. There's no flexibility because of WPL and Christmas."