Sydney: Australian skipper Meg Lanning wants the five-time T20 World Cup-winning 'Southern Stars' to push the envelope a "little bit more" in its bid to win the first ever Gold medal on offer in women's cricket at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Cricket will mark its return to the Commonwealth Games after a gap of 24 years in the Birmingham edition, starting later this month.
It will be the first time women's cricket will be a part of the quadrennial event.
"We are going over there to win Gold, there's no doubt about that," Lanning was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press (AAP)
"We go out there to win every game that we can and the first Commonwealth Games medal up for grabs in women's cricket is certainly something we're striving for."
Australia will open their campaign against India on July 29 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Australia are placed in Group A alongside India, Pakistan and Barbados.
Lanning asserted the team is working to get better in the format.
"It's something we have spoken about as a group as a whole and also within our skill groups as well, in terms of how do we get that little bit better and push the boundaries that little bit more than we have in the past.
"We have got a couple of things we have been working on both as a team and individually as well." (PTI)
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