Amy Jones believes England are “tracking in the right direction” for the Women’s World Cup despite being second best in white-ball series defeats to India .

Charlotte Edwards’ reign as head coach started with England clean-sweeping a weakened West Indies but they were brought back down to earth by India, who edged both the T20 and ODI series this summer.

Jones, currently competing for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, remains upbeat ahead of the 50-over World Cup in India, with England starting their campaign against South Africa on October 3 in Bengaluru.

“It will be a great challenge,” England’s wicketkeeper told the PA news agency. “Lottie has put a lot of energy in and as a group, we’ve put a lot of time into our ODI game and how we want to go about it.

“We showed real prog

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