AUCKLAND : Sweden, France and the Netherlands will all be favourites to win their Women's World Cup openers on Sunday, kicking off a campaign where they will again hope to challenge for the title after falling short in the 2019 tournament.Runners-up four years ago, the Netherlands return to the global sta
AUCKLAND : Sweden, France and the Netherlands will all be favourites to win their Women's World Cup openers on Sunday, kicking off a campaign where they will again hope to challenge for the title after falling short in the 2019 tournament.
Their quest begins in Dunedin against Portugal, who are the highest ranked newcomers at this year's event at world number 21. "We are not satisfied," Jonker said on Friday."We have raised concerns about the cricket pitch previously, we were promised things and now we are very disappointed and angry." "History is history and the future is the future, you can only live where we are now," Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson said on Saturday."The focus is on the first game. You can't be weighing your mind on what's going to happen after that."
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