Cross and Ecclestone named in Women's T20 World Cup squad
Thunder duo Kate Cross and Sophie Ecclestone have both been named in Jon Lewis’s England Women squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in South Africa next month.
England Women will play three warm-up fixtures against New Zealand before the official ICC warm-up games.
Heather Knight (Western Storm, cap)
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)
Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers)
Katherine Brunt (Northern Diamonds)
Alice Capsey (South East Stars)
Kate Cross (Thunder)
Freya Davies (South East Stars)
Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers)
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars)
Sophie Ecclestone (Thunder)
Sarah Glenn (Central Sparks)
Amy Jones (Central Sparks)
Nat Sciver (Northern Diamonds)
Lauren Winfield-Hill (Northern Diamonds)
Danni Wyatt (Southern Vipers)
Travelling Reserves: Issy Wong (Central Sparks), Dani Gibson (Western Storm)
Head Coach Jon Lewis said: “It’s always exciting to name a World Cup squad, and there’s a great deal of talent in this group. We saw a lot of good things in the West Indies, a lot of progress around shifting our mindset as a team, and I’m excited to see how we take that into the challenge of a global tournament.
“We hope Alice Capsey is fit enough, she’s worked incredibly hard alongside the medical staff to get to this point and we’ll give her every chance, but as we saw in the Caribbean the depth of talent and skill in the squad is growing fast, and winning tournaments is about everyone collectively embracing the moment and enjoying the journey.
“It’s an honour for me to lead a team into a World Cup and I know that we will be giving it everything we have got, not only to show everyone who we are as a team and how we want to play, but also to keep inspiring people to play the game we all love so much.”
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Fixtures
Saturday February 11: England Women v West Indies, Paarl, 1pm
Monday February 13: England Women v Ireland, Paarl, 1pm
Saturday February 18: England vs India, Gqeberha, 1pm
Tuesday February 21: England vs Pakistan, Cape Town, 1pm
Thursday February 23 & Friday February 24: ICC Women's T20 World Cup Semi-Finals, 1pm
Sunday February 26: ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final, 1pm