The England girls’s workforce has launched a robust 13-player squad for the upcoming Take a look at towards South Africa, which commences subsequent week. The English workforce will likely be with out the companies of veteran stalwarts Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt after the pair introduced their retirement from the longest format of the sport. The selectors have drafted in 5 new faces within the squad, who will likely be trying to make their debut towards South Africa.
Anya Shrubsole retired from all types of worldwide cricket earlier this yr in April after a bitter defeat to rivals Australia within the ODI World Cup closing. The quick bowler was joined in retirement by Katherine Brunt, who introduced her retirement from red-ball cricket final week. However, the all-rounder will likely be obtainable for the choice within the shorter codecs of the sport.
Head coach Lisa Keightley spoke on the chance for the younger gamers because the administration appears to be like to establish key gamers for the upcoming ICC Girls’s Championship cycle. Keightley additionally spoke in regards to the vacant spots left within the Take a look at squad as a result of retirements of Shrubsole and Brunt, hoping that the children will relish the chance to switch the previous stalwarts.
“We’re at the start of a brand new ICC Girls’s Championship cycle, which begins for us with the India ODIs, and, naturally, we’re wanting ahead with one eye on who could also be a key participant for us come 2025. Equally with Katherine Brunt retired from Take a look at cricket and Anya Shrubsole from all types of the worldwide sport, a number of bowling spots have opened up which is vastly thrilling for these gamers. I’m positive they’ll all be very eager to seize their alternative,” Keightley revealed by way of ESPNcricinfo.
We’d like our gamers to play as a lot cricket as potential: Keightley mentioned with the Commonwealth Video games in thoughts
The Take a look at match will likely be adopted by a three-match ODI and three-match T20I collection towards the identical opposition. Along with the senior girls’s squad, in addition they named an A squad for a three-day match towards South Africa. Very like the aforementioned workforce, the A-side may also be that includes loads of new faces as they’ve included 9 gamers within the squad for the solitary fixture, who haven’t performed on the worldwide degree but.
“We’ve to steadiness having the suitable back-up for the senior squad whereas additionally giving taking part in alternatives. We’d like our gamers to play as a lot cricket as potential, which is why now we have a intentionally small Take a look at squad whereas the England Girls’s A workforce is in motion towards South Africa. It truly is a large summer season, with the Commonwealth Video games simply across the nook, and we will’t wait to get began with the pink ball in Taunton,” Keightley added.
England Girls’s workforce: Heather Knight (C), Emily Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver (VC), Issy Wong (reserve)
England Girls A workforce: Georgia Elwiss (c), Maia Bouchier, Danni Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Freya Kemp, Eve Jones, Ella McCaughan, Kalea Moore, Tara Norris, Grace Potts, Grace Scrivens, Alexa Stonehouse, Mady Villiers, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.
