Bumper prize money but off-pitch turmoil as Women’s Cricket World Cup returns to India

Late ticket sales may squander a golden opportunity with the hosts on a collision course with Australia for the finalThe last time England’s head coach, Charlotte Edwards, flew to India for a 50-over World Cup, during her playing days in 2013, she packed a suitcase full of ketchup. It was a different world: the teams flew economy, no side had professional contracts and there was no team dietitian to raise an eyebrow at Edwards’s condiment of choice.The 2025 World Cup, which begins on