Sophie Molineux has been hailed as an inspirational leader after guiding Australia back to the World Cup winners' circle, but admits to moments when she feared her national team captaincy wouldn't work out.
Following her side's seven-wicket trouncing of England in the T20 World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday (Monday AEST), the selectors' choice of Molineux to take over one of the world's most successful sports teams after Alyssa Healy's retirement was being hailed as inspired.
But the popular 28-year-old Molineux admitted it wasn't just outsiders who were critical of the often injury-hit spinning allrounder being put in charge.
