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United News of India
a day ago
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- United News of India
England hopeful over Ecclestone despite new injury
London, June 5 (UNI) England are hopeful Sophie Ecclestone will be fit for this summer's series against India despite the spinner suffering a new injury. Ecclestone was withdrawn from Lancashire's T20 defeat by Hampshire on Tuesday because of a quad problem. The severity of the injury will be assessed in the coming days. The 26-year-old had already been left out of the ongoing series against West Indies as part of her recovery from a knee injury. England insisted Ecclestone's omission from the squad, the first chosen by head coach Charlotte Edwards, was not related to the controversy that overshadowed an awful Ashes tour of Australia earlier this year. During England's 16-0 series defeat Ecclestone refused to take part in a TV interview conducted by Alex Hartley, following the former spinner's criticism of England's fitness, the BBC reported. Ecclestone, England's leading bowler, actually made her return for Lancashire at Warwickshire on the day she was left out by England. She had previously spent almost two months on the sidelines after playing for UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League. Ecclestone has since played two one-dayers and six T20s for Lancashire, including two in a day in a starring role for the Red Rose as they won the Twenty20 Cup last month. In Ecclestone's absence, England have outclassed West Indies across the 20-over and 50-over formats. Fellow left-arm spinner Linsey Smith marked her ODI debut with a five-wicket haul in Derby last week. The series against a powerful India side, including five T20s and three ODIs, begins on June 28. UNI BM
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
England hopeful over Ecclestone despite new injury
England are hopeful Sophie Ecclestone will be fit for this summer's series against India despite the spinner suffering a new was withdrawn from Lancashire's T20 defeat by Hampshire on Tuesday because of a quad severity of the injury will be assessed in the coming 26-year-old had already been left out of the ongoing series against West Indies as part of her recovery from a knee injury. England insisted Ecclestone's omission from the squad, the first chosen by head coach Charlotte Edwards, was not related to the controversy that overshadowed an awful Ashes tour of Australia earlier this England's 16-0 series defeat Ecclestone refused to take part in a TV interview conducted by Alex Hartley, following the former spinner's criticism of England's England's leading bowler, actually made her return for Lancashire at Warwickshire on the day she was left out by had previously spent almost two months on the sidelines after playing for UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier has since played two one-dayers and six T20s for Lancashire, including two in a day in a starring role for the Red Rose as they won the Twenty20 Cup last Ecclestone's absence, England have outclassed West Indies across the 20-over and 50-over formats. Fellow left-arm spinner Linsey Smith marked her ODI debut with a five-wicket haul in Derby last series against a powerful India side, including five T20s and three ODIs, begins on 28 June.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
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Ecclestone stars as Lancs beat Surrey in T20 final
Vitality T20 Women's County Cup, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Lancashire Thunder 172-6 (20 overs): Kesteven 77; Moore 4-27 Surrey 140-7 (20 overs): Franklin 41; Ecclestone 4-12 Lancashire won by 32 runs Match scorecard Lancashire Thunder became the first winners of the new Vitality T20 Women's County Cup with a 32-run victory over Surrey in the final at Taunton. Opener Tilly Kesteven hit 77 off 60 balls, putting on 86 for the first wicket with Emma Lamb (27), while Fi Morris made a rapid 27 as Lancashire posted 172-6. Chasing the highest total on a day which also saw the two semi-finals played, Surrey made a fast start through openers Bryony Smith (25) and Kira Chathli (21). Phoebe Franklin added a brisk 41, but spinner Sophie Ecclestone (4-12), left out of the England squad for the West Indies series, helped put the brakes on as Surrey fell well short. Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring game. After showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith won the toss and opted to field first. She may have regretted the decision when 20-year-old Kesteven raced to her first senior fifty, off just 37 balls, as the Red Rose raced to 86-0 after 10 overs. Lamb fell the very next ball to Tilly Corteen-Coleman, but Lancashire continued to attack. Off-spinner Kalea Moore removed Seren Smale for a brisk 19 and three balls later knocked back Kesteven's off-stump. Yet Morris maintained the tempo with some late hitting, striking three fours and a huge six in a 12-ball 27, before falling to Moore (4-27) who picked up two more wickets in the final over. In an explosive start to the chase, Chathli launched Kate Cross for two sixes, but was castled next ball by the England seamer, and Smith then hit four successive boundaries off Grace Potts before holing out going for a fifth. Ecclestone - who sent down 15 dots - removed Paige Scholfield and Emma Jones in successive balls to pull back Surrey to 75-4 at the halfway mark. As the run rate required climbed above 10, Franklin holed out for an enterprising 41 off 36 balls to give a third wicket to Ecclestone as Surrey slipped to 105-6. There was defiant hitting from Moore (22 not out) and Ryana Macdonald-Gay (18), but it was too little, too late as Ecclestone had the final word by removing the latter. The women's T20 Blast competition, which runs alongside the men's, gets under way on Friday with Surrey back in action at Taunton against Somerset. Lancashire Thunder begin their Blast campaign on Saturday against The Blaze at Old Trafford. Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
BBC News
26-05-2025
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- BBC News
Ecclestone stars as Lancs beat Surrey in T20 final
Vitality T20 Women's County Cup, Cooper Associates County Ground, TauntonLancashire Thunder 172-6 (20 overs): Kesteven 77; Moore 4-27Surrey 140-7 (20 overs): Franklin 41; Ecclestone 4-12Lancashire won by 32 runsMatch scorecard Lancashire Thunder became the first winners of the new Vitality T20 Women's County Cup with a 32-run victory over Surrey in the final at Tilly Kesteven hit 77 off 60 balls, putting on 86 for the first wicket with Emma Lamb (27), while Fi Morris made a rapid 27 as Lancashire posted the highest total on a day which also saw the two semi-finals played, Surrey made a fast start through openers Bryony Smith (25) and Kira Chathli (21).Phoebe Franklin added a brisk 41, but spinner Sophie Ecclestone (4-12), left out of the England squad for the West Indies series, helped put the brakes on as Surrey fell well short. Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith won the toss and opted to field may have regretted the decision when 20-year-old Kesteven raced to her first senior fifty, off just 37 balls, as the Red Rose raced to 86-0 after 10 fell the very next ball to Tilly Corteen-Coleman, but Lancashire continued to Kalea Moore removed Seren Smale for a brisk 19 and three balls later knocked back Kesteven's Morris maintained the tempo with some late hitting, striking three fours and a huge six in a 12-ball 27, before falling to Moore (4-27) who picked up two more wickets in the final an explosive start to the chase, Chathli launched Kate Cross for two sixes, but was castled next ball by the England seamer, and Smith then hit four successive boundaries off Grace Potts before holing out going for a - who sent down 15 dots - removed Paige Scholfield and Emma Jones in successive balls to pull back Surrey to 75-4 at the halfway the run rate required climbed above 10, Franklin holed out for an enterprising 41 off 36 balls to give a third wicket to Ecclestone as Surrey slipped to was defiant hitting from Moore (22 not out) and Ryana Macdonald-Gay (18), but it was too little, too late as Ecclestone had the final word by removing the women's T20 Blast competition, which runs alongside the men's, gets under way on Friday with Surrey back in action at Taunton against Thunder begin their Blast campaign on Saturday against The Blaze at Old Trafford.
Telegraph
20-05-2025
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- Telegraph
England Women's cricketers ‘do not have any fitness standards'
Charlotte Edwards, England's new women's head coach, has claimed there were no fitness standards in place when she took over. Edwards, who replaced Jon Lewis in the wake of the chastening Ashes defeat at the start of the year, said she refers to fitness as the 'F word' in training, but on the eve of her first match explained there was no framework in place. Conversations over fitness and athleticism became the spectre the team could not shake over the winter, after Alex Hartley claimed on-air during the T20 World Cup last autumn that some of her former team-mates were 'not fit enough'. Hartley named no specific players but Sophie Ecclestone refused to speak to the former international-turned pundit for an interview during the 16-0 Ashes humiliation in Australia. Lewis repeatedly denied his side had any fitness shortcomings, although acknowledged during the Ashes that Australia had superior 'athleticism', and instead attributed that to their better weather. 'I think clearly we had to touch on the fitness issue. I think when I came in, I said it's all about individual improvement for the first six months,' Edwards said ahead of her first match in charge against the West Indies, a T20 international at Canterbury on Wednesday. 'So before this World Cup [in India in October] it's about individuals improving as much as they can in that time. I'm not going to set fitness standards, because there haven't been any standards in place. 'So I felt like that would be defeating the object. But hopefully in 12 months' time, the players are very aware that there will be minimum fitness standards come this time next year, which the players will have to adhere to, there has to be more accountability in the area. 'But I've been so impressed with their standards, and the way they've gone about stuff and I couldn't be more impressed in that area.' Ecclestone was left out of Edwards' first squad for the series against the West Indies following a knee injury sustained at the Women's Premier League. It was decided the spinner would play for Lancashire to prepare best for the series against India later in the summer and the World Cup.
