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BBC News
11-07-2025
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- BBC News
Surrey make Finals Day, wins for Bears & Durham
Surrey secured their place at T20 Blast Finals Day as they defended 132 to beat The Bears took a huge step towards reaching 27 July's showpiece at The Oval with victory over Somerset, while Durham kept their slim hopes of qualifying alive by beating and eliminating leaders Surrey could only muster 132-9 in their 20 overs, restricted by Sarah Glenn's looked set for a bigger score at 91-2 in the 14th over, but then collapsed to 99-6 and lost total proved to be enough despite opening bowler Alice Monaghan having to be removed from the attack in the first over after sending down two full tosses over waist rest of the bowling attack were miserly and, despite Kathryn Bryce's unbeaten 55, The Blaze fell short on moved above The Blaze into second with a 22-run win against bottom side Kalis' half-century led Bears to 149-8 at Taunton, Mollie Robbins starring for the hosts with who have now won just one of their 11 games, were never really in the chase as they fell to 62-6 at the halfway late resilience from Amanda Jade-Wellington (33) and Chloe Skelton (23) added respectability to their score as they finished on Chester-le-Street Phoebe Turner took 3-17 as Hampshire were restricted to were wobbling on 49-4 before Emily Windsor hit an unbeaten 36 off 23 balls to help the home side to top four sides go through to Finals Day, with the next round of games taking place on Sunday.
Glasgow Times
13-06-2025
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- Glasgow Times
Sophie Ecclestone recalled by England for T20 series with India
Ecclestone missed the opening stages of Edwards' reign due to a knee injury and announced last week that she was taking a break from domestic cricket with Lancashire to 'prioritise her well-being' and manage a sore quad. But the plan was always for the team's most highly-rated bowler to return for the five-match series against India and the slow left-armer takes here place in a 14-strong squad. Did someone say squad announcement? 👀 Our T20 squad has just dropped for our India series 👇 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 13, 2025 Ecclestone's comeback means no room for leg-spinner Sarah Glenn, who drops out after featuring in just one of the three T20s against the West Indies. 'It's great to have Soph back, and we're looking forward to having her back in the group. She has obvious qualities and she'll be an asset to us,' said Edwards. 'It does mean Sarah Glenn misses out, we are blessed with a strong group of spinners and we unfortunately can't play them all. It's now a great opportunity for Sarah to go back to The Blaze and play some competitive cricket in the Vitality Blast.' Em Arlott and Issy Wong are included again after coming in for Edwards' first series but the team must once again do without former captain Heather Knight, whose hamstring problems have already ended her summer. Reflecting on the challenge of taking on a strong India team who sit third to England's second in the International Cricket Council rankings, Edwards added: 'They're one of the best sides in the world and it'll be a huge test for us. Sarah Glenn has dropped out of the England squad (Steven Paston/PA) 'There was lots to be happy about in the West Indies series but equally lots of things we want to keep improving on – we're always looking at getting better. Five games against India in front of big crowds at great venues will serve us really well. This is a significant series for us with the countdown well and truly underway towards the home ICC Women's T20 World Cup.' England Women's squad for Vitality T20 series against India: E Arlott, T Beaumont, L Bell, A Capsey, C Dean, S Dunkley, S Ecclestone, L Filer, A Jones, N Sciver-Brunt (c), P Schofield, L Smith, D Wyatt-Hodge, I Wong.
The Independent
13-06-2025
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- The Independent
Sophie Ecclestone recalled by England for T20 series with India
Sophie Ecclestone is set to make her first England appearance under head coach Charlotte Edwards after being recalled for the forthcoming T20 series against India. Ecclestone missed the opening stages of Edwards' reign due to a knee injury and announced last week that she was taking a break from domestic cricket with Lancashire to 'prioritise her well-being' and manage a sore quad. But the plan was always for the team's most highly-rated bowler to return for the five-match series against India and the slow left-armer takes here place in a 14-strong squad. Ecclestone's comeback means no room for leg-spinner Sarah Glenn, who drops out after featuring in just one of the three T20s against the West Indies. 'It's great to have Soph back, and we're looking forward to having her back in the group. She has obvious qualities and she'll be an asset to us,' said Edwards. 'It does mean Sarah Glenn misses out, we are blessed with a strong group of spinners and we unfortunately can't play them all. It's now a great opportunity for Sarah to go back to The Blaze and play some competitive cricket in the Vitality Blast.' Em Arlott and Issy Wong are included again after coming in for Edwards' first series but the team must once again do without former captain Heather Knight, whose hamstring problems have already ended her summer. Reflecting on the challenge of taking on a strong India team who sit third to England's second in the International Cricket Council rankings, Edwards added: 'They're one of the best sides in the world and it'll be a huge test for us. 'There was lots to be happy about in the West Indies series but equally lots of things we want to keep improving on – we're always looking at getting better. Five games against India in front of big crowds at great venues will serve us really well. This is a significant series for us with the countdown well and truly underway towards the home ICC Women's T20 World Cup.' England Women's squad for Vitality T20 series against India: E Arlott, T Beaumont, L Bell, A Capsey, C Dean, S Dunkley, S Ecclestone, L Filer, A Jones, N Sciver-Brunt (c), P Schofield, L Smith, D Wyatt-Hodge, I Wong.
The Independent
13-06-2025
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- The Independent
Sophie Ecclestone returns as England reveal squad for India series
Sophie Ecclestone has been recalled to the England T20 squad to face India with the left-arm spinner ready to return after missing the series against the West Indies. Ecclestone was left out of the first squads named by new head coach Charlotte Edwards as she worked her way back from a knee injury that had hampered the start of her domestic season. The 26-year-old subsequently announced that she would be stepping away temporarily from cricket to prioritise her well-being while also dealing with a minor quad complaint, yet has been brought back in by Edwards on the back of six consecutive wins against the West Indies that represented a perfect start to her tenure. Leg-spinner Sarah Glenn drops out of a 14-player squad, with Linsey Smith retaining her place even after Ecclestone's return having impressed in the stead of her fellow left-arm spinner. 'We're really looking forward to taking on India,' Edwards said ahead of a five-match T20 international series that begins at Trent Bridge on 28 June. 'They're one of the best sides in the world and it'll be a huge test for us. 'There was lots to be happy about in the West Indies series but equally lots of things we want to keep improving on – we're always looking at getting better. Five games against India in front of big crowds at great venues will serve us really well. This is a significant series for us with the countdown well and truly underway towards the home ICC Women's T20 World Cup. 'It's great to have Soph back, and we're looking forward to having her back in the group. She has obvious qualities and she'll be an asset to us. It does mean Sarah Glenn misses out, we are blessed with a strong group of spinners and we unfortunately can't play them all. It's now a great opportunity for Sarah to go back to The Blaze and play some competitive cricket in the Vitality Blast.' Ecclestone endured a difficult winter having been at the centre of a media storm after refusing an interview with former England spinner Alex Hartley during the 16-0 Ashes whitewash. She remains one of the world's best bowlers, though, and was named as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year for 2024. England will be forced into at least one change to the T20 side that ended the West Indies series last month with Heather Knight ruled out for the remainder of the summer after suffering a serious hamstring injury. The experienced Tammy Beaumont could yet be recalled in the shortest format, while Paige Scholfield is highly-rated - the Surrey batter did not make an appearance in those three games but is retained in the squad, and could yet add to the five white-ball caps won on the tour of Ireland last September. Three ODIs follow the T20 series with a squad to be named at a later date as England build-up to this autumn's World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. England T20 squad to face India Em Arlott (Birmingham Bears) Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze) Lauren Bell (Hampshire Hawks) Alice Capsey (Surrey) Charlie Dean (Somerset) Sophia Dunkley (Surrey) Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire Thunder) Lauren Filer (Durham) Amy Jones (The Blaze) Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze; captain) Paige Scholfield (Surrey) Linsey Smith (Hampshire Hawks) Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey) Issy Wong (Birmingham Bears)
The Guardian
07-06-2025
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- The Guardian
Nat Sciver-Brunt helps England thrash West Indies to complete clean sweep
England completed a series clean sweep against West Indies after cruising to a nine-wicket winin a rain-reduced third one-day international at Taunton. Nat Sciver-Brunt scored an unbeaten half-century to continue a successful start as captain, smashing back-to-back boundaries to seal the win inside 11 overs. With West Indies' captain Hayley Matthews sidelined with a shoulder injury, England had earlier made short work of West Indies' top-order, reducing them to four for three in the opening four overs after opting to bowl in overcast conditions. West Indies recovered to 43 for three when rain forced the players from the field for what turned into a five-hour delay and saw the match reduced to 21 overs a side. When play resumed, West Indies rewarded the remnants of the Somerset crowd with some fireworks – hammering 39 runs from their final three overs – but Sarah Glenn bagged three wickets on her return to the one-day side, as England restricted their opponents to 106 for 8. England ejigged their batting lineup, enabling the middle-order a chance to join in the series run-fest. Opening alongside the captain, Sophia Dunkley contributed 26 runs before being trapped leg before wicket by Karishma Ramharack, while Alice Capsey struck a quickfire 20 from 11 balls at number three, as England stormed to victory. After opting to field, England's bowlers took advantage of overcast conditions to strike three times before the rain delay. Realeanna Grimmond nicked off against Kate Cross, while Em Arlott – who was tasked with opening the bowling alongside Cross after England rested Lauren Bell – took wickets in successive overs, dipping the ball into the stumps of Zaida James before swinging the ball past the bat of Stafanie Taylor and into her front pad. Short balls from Arlott and Lauren Filer felled the next two West Indian batters: Shemaine Campbelle was struck in the ribs by Arlott before Qiana Joseph swung so hard at a Filer bouncer that she propelled herself to the ground and was lucky not to be out hit wicket. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion Charlie Dean let a caught and bowled chance off Campbelle slip through her fingers just before the rain came, but West Indies' stand-in captain was stumped off the first ball after the resumption trying to hurry things along, as three wickets fell in quick succession to leave the tourists in trouble. Aaliyah Alleyne smashed 20 runs off the penultimate over from Filer, twice top-edging over the head of wicketkeeper Amy Jones, while Jahzara Claxton sent the ball sailing over the midwicket boundary, adjacent to a jubilant West Indian dugout. It was, at least, something to cheer about in a tour which has offered little joy for the visitors. England's next assignment will be five T20s and three one-day internationals against India, starting at Nottingham on 28 June. West Indies fly straight to Barbados for a home series against South Africa in just four days' time.
