That was the message from their captain Meg Lanning as final preparations for the tournament continue.

The competition, due to run until July 23 with the final being played at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, comes at a time when a dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketer’s Association (ACA) over contracts for the men’s and women’s national players.

As part of the new deals being proposed, a section which saw the players receive a slice of the CA’s profits have been removed.

The national governing body has said they are paying their stars more in the long run, but this has angered the ACA and led to fears of a strike if the deals are not signed before June 30.

This could in principal mean some of the Australian women’s team could down tools and stop playing during the tournament.

However, Lanning said they are not letting the situation hinder their preparations for the tournament.

“We have not really spoken about that as a squad to be honest, we are pretty focussed on playing good cricket and I am very happy to leave it to the CA and the ACA to negotiate terms that everyone is happened with,” the 25-year-old said.

“All the players are very comfortable to leave it to them to work through.”

Australia begin their defence at the County Ground in Taunton against World Twenty20 champions the West Indies on Monday (June 26) in a repeat of the 2013 World Cup final in India.

The holders can call on in form Ellyse Perry, who was chosen as a World Cricketer of the Year by the prestigious Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

Hosts England, who have won the trophy three times, begin proceedings tomorrow against India at the County Ground in Derby in front of what is expected to be a sell-out crowd.

Both previous times the competition has been held in England, the host nation has come out as champions and their captain Heather Knight said they knew there was pressure on them to repeat this.

“There is bound to be pressure, World Cups don’t come round very often, especially World Cups on home soil we are trying to embrace that,” she said.

“We are more excited by it.

“This will be the most visible, scrutinised and watched Women’s World Cup.

“We’d love 2017 to be a special year for us and to be remembered by that.”

The World Cup will consist of one group of eight teams with New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka also participating.

The top four will progress to the semi-finals being played on July 18 and 20.

Alongside Lords, Taunton and Derby, the County Ground in Bristol and Leicester’s Grace Road are also being used during the tournament.