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Lydia Greenway hopeful England can retake Ashes lead

Lydia Greenway in action for England Women
Image: Lydia Greenway ready for Worcester challenge

Lydia Greenway is confident England can get their noses back in front in the Women’s Ashes Series by winning the third one-day international at Worcester on Sunday.

The series is level heading into the New Road contest after England won the opening ODI at Taunton before Australia hit back with a 63-run win at Bristol on Thursday.

Greenway told Sky Sports News HQ: "The first two games have been good games of cricket. Obviously, us winning the first one was the start that we wanted, but unfortunately we couldn’t quite follow it up in the last game so Sunday is all about showing what we can do again.

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England Women made a winning start to their Ashes defence as they beat Australia Women by four wickets in the opening Royal London ODI at Taunton

"Our plans were to go out there on Thursday and make sure we got another win, but we couldn't quite do that. So we have got to make sure we put a few things right and hopefully come back well on Sunday.

"The girls are really positive and that’s something that we have been encouraged to be throughout the last few months. The girls love playing in front of people - we have had some really good crowds our last two games, so hopefully we get another good crowd on Sunday and hopefully show what we can do."

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The match at Worcester is the last of three ODIs in the series with a Test and three T20 internationals to follow and batsman is a fan of the format.

"As a player, it is the sort of format you want to be involved him," she said.

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"Having all formats of the game makes it really exciting and hopefully for the public as well. It captures people’s imagination and keeps them interested for a long period of time."

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Australia beat England by 63 runs in the second ODI in Bristol to level the series.

Watch the third ODI live on Sky Sports Ashes HD from 10.25am on Sunday.