England bowler Lauren Bell believes this summer’s series against India has served as great preparation for the upcoming 50-over World Cup.

Under new head coach Charlotte Edwards, England completed a clean sweep against the West Indies before falling to defeat against India.

England were beaten 3-2 in the T20 series and 2-1 in the ODIs, but with the World Cup fast approaching, Bell insisted there is plenty to learn from this summer.

She told the PA news agency: “We’ve obviously had two fairly different series this summer. We had the West Indies that everyone performed really well and India challenged us a little bit more.

“It’s exciting seeing that we’re going to come up against some of the best teams and I think situations like the India series we just had is great preparation really.

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