England Women Squads Announced with Strong Kent Presence
Monday 4th August 2014
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced the England women’s Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International squads to face India and South Africa this summer.
England women will first host India in August, as Charlotte Edwards will once again lead the side in a one-off Kia Women’s Test match, followed by a three-match Royal London One Day International series as part of the first round of new ICC Women’s Championship. The team will then take on South Africa in three NatWest Twenty20 Internationals at the start of September.
Edwards will be looking forward to calling on the services of Katherine Brunt again, as the Yorkshire fast bowler is included in the Royal London ODI and NatWest T20I squads for the first time since being side-lined through injury after the historic Women’s Ashes Test victory in Perth at the start of the year.
England’s bowling unit will be further bolstered in the NatWest T20I series against South Africa by the return of Kent’s young left-arm seamer Natasha Farrant, who missed the recent ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh through injury.
Warwickshire’s left-arm spinner Rebecca Grundy has been included in the Kia Women’s Test and Royal London ODI squads for the first time, having made her international debut and impressed with her performances in Bangladesh. Right-arm medium pace bowler, Sonia Odedra from Nottinghamshire, has also been called-up to the Test squad for the first time after Sussex’s Georgia Elwiss has been ruled out of action for the rest of the summer with a broken hand.
ECB Head of England Women’s Cricket, Clare Connor, said: “The three squads for the series against India and South Africa have been selected from a position of real strength, and I am delighted that both Katherine Brunt and Natasha Farrant will return to international action this summer.
“Appointed to the role of vice-captain, Heather Knight now has the opportunity to learn from the most experienced international captain in the world as she works alongside Charlotte Edwards to help lead the England women’s team at the start of a new professional era for the women’s game.”
The selectors have also today named a 14-strong England Women’s Academy (EWA) squad to play a series of warm-up matches against India and South Africa. Kent’s Laura Marsh will lead the side, which also includes Fran Wilson (Somerset) and Danielle Wyatt (Nottinghamshire). Marsh’s inclusion in the EWA squad follows an extended lay-off from international cricket having undergone major shoulder surgery during the winter.
England women’s squad to play India (Kia Women’s Test match and three Royal London ODIs):
Name County Notes
Charlotte Edwards (capt) Kent
Heather Knight (vice capt) Berkshire
Tammy Beaumont Kent
Katherine Brunt Yorkshire ODIs only
Kathryn Cross Lancashire
Lydia Greenway Kent
Rebecca Grundy Warwickshire
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire
Danielle Hazell Yorkshire
Amy Jones Warwickshire
Sonia Odedra Nottinghamshire Test match only
Natalie Sciver Surrey
Anya Shrubsole Somerset
Sarah Taylor (wkt) Sussex
Lauren Winfield Yorkshire
England women’s squad to play South Africa (three NatWest T20Is):
Name County
Charlotte Edwards (capt) Kent
Heather Knight (vice capt) Berkshire
Tammy Beaumont Kent
Katherine Brunt Yorkshire
Natasha Farrant Kent
Lydia Greenway Kent
Rebecca Grundy Warwickshire
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire
Danielle Hazell Yorkshire
Amy Jones Warwickshire
Natalie Sciver Surrey
Anya Shrubsole Somerset
Sarah Taylor (wkt) Sussex
Lauren Winfield Yorkshire
England women’s 2014 international summer schedule:
Opposition Date Format Venue
India women 13.8.14 – 16.8.14 Kia Women’s Test Match Wormsley Cricket Ground
India women 21.8.14 1st Royal London ODI * Scarborough Cricket Club
India women 23.8.14 2nd Royal London ODI * Scarborough Cricket Club
India women 25.8.14 3rd Royal London ODI * Lord’s Cricket Ground
South Africa women 1.9.14 1st NatWest T20I The Essex County Ground, Chelmsford
South Africa women 3.9.14 2nd NatWest T20I The County Ground, Northampton
South Africa women 7.9.14 3rd NatWest T20I Edgbaston
*ICC Women’s Championship fixtures
Follow England women’s 2014 international summer live via the following media:
Live radio commentary will be provided by BBC Radio 5Live Sports Extra or online on www.bbc.co.uk/cricketfor all England women’s fixtures
Live television coverage of the three NatWest T20Is will be available on Sky Sports
Live video stream of the three Royal London ODIs will be available to view via www.youtube.com/ecbcricketand www.ecb.co.uk
England Women’s Academy squad to play India and South Africa warm-ups:
Name County Notes
Laura Marsh (capt) Kent
Georgia Adams Sussex
Katherine Brunt Yorkshire Two-day match v India only
Stephanie Butler Staffordshire
Freya Davies Sussex
Natasha Farrant Kent Two-day match and 50-over match v India only
Georgia Hennessy Warwickshire
Amy Jones Warwickshire Two-day match v India only
Sonia Odedra Nottinghamshire
Carla Rudd (wkt) Berkshire
Paige Scholfield Sussex 50-over match v India and T20s v South Africa only
Cecily Scutt Surrey
Fran Wilson Somerset
Danielle Wyatt Nottinghamshire
England women’s 2014 international summer schedule:
Opposition Date Format Venue
India women 7.8.14 – 8.8.14 Two-day match NCPC, Loughborough
India women 18.8.14 50-overs Harrogate Cricket Club
South Africa women 29.8.14 T20 Garon Park, Southend
South Africa women 30.8.14 T20 Garon Park, Southend