Women’s cricketers are anxious about what future holds, shares Mithali Raj

Ever since the Women’s T20 World Cup final on the International Women’s Day on March 8, which played host to over 86,000 audiences at the massive Melbourne Cricket Ground, women’s cricket had come to a stand-still, apart from a few T20Is between associate nations. England women kick-started their summer with a T20I against Windies Women yesterday, with the players preparing themselves for the Women’s Big Bash League, scheduled to be played in October at the Sydney hub.

"And if it's a home series we prepared accordingly, but now we don't know why we train. So, sometimes we do feel there's no sense of purpose if we don't have competitive cricket or any international series, even domestic for that matter."

"Since we are contracted players, that's our job, so being in the bio bubble - if that's what gets us going in terms of the matches - I think as players we are okay with being in the bubble and training and preparing ourselves for the game.

"Somewhere we need to do a few adjustments to get the matches going. As far as the mental set-up is concerned, we did have a few sessions with a sports psychologist: talking to the players, as a team , we were on calls. Those things do help as seasoned, as senior players we understand how to tune ourselves. But the most important thing in the current situation is the young players or the players who are in the age-groups, who've just made their debut. For them it's even more important to settle their anxieties and anxiousness they develop thinking about their future.