World Cup-winning head coach Mark Robinson says “pin-up woman” Issy Wong was mishandled by England with the quick bowler now out of favour at worldwide stage.
Wong, 20, made her England debut in all three codecs in 2022 and was then featured prominently on advertising and marketing materials for the 2023 Ashes at residence to Australia.
Nevertheless, the seamer didn’t play a sport in that collection and has since struggled with run-up points, highlighted in an look towards Sri Lanka 17 months in the past when she conceded 24 runs in two overs and bowled three front-foot no-balls.
Robinson, talking whereas serving as a pundit for TNT Sports activities throughout this 12 months’s Ladies’s Ashes, mentioned: “We thrust her ahead with out the foundations to manage.
Wong made her England debut in all three codecs within the 2022
“She was the pin-up woman of the ECB as a teen, as a child, after which when issues bought a bit troublesome she did not have the instruments to outlive.”
The 58-year-old, who led England to victory within the 2017 50-over World Cup, added: “Issy is doing very well and dealing laborious. She’s nonetheless younger at 22 and he or she’s fast, so her time will come once more.
“That is one thing to be taught – how you can deal with gamers once we expose them and when to take them out, when to guard them.
“It isn’t simply from the sport, however to guard them from the media as properly who typically desire a piece of them.”
Wong performed two T20 internationals and a one-day worldwide for England in Eire in September however was not a part of the squad for the Ashes.
Present England head coach Jon Lewis’ place is beneath scrutiny after the 16-0 defeat within the Ashes however he nonetheless feels he’s the most effective particular person for the job.
Jon Lewis needs to remain on as England head coach after the Ashes drubbing
Lewis advised TNT Sports activities: “I strongly really feel that there is actual progress nonetheless left on this group of gamers and I actually really feel that I have not completed the job that I got here right here to do.
“Clearly the outcomes have not gone the best way we wish them… however I really feel like I am the correct man to do it.”
Robinson, who left England after a 12-4 defeat at residence to Australia in 2019, insists sacking Lewis wouldn’t essentially be the correct name, saying: “Generally we cheat folks of the possibility to enhance and develop.”
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