Kate Cross named in England women’s One-Day International squad

Kate Cross named in England women’s ODI squad

Heywood Cricket Club and Lancashire bowler Kate Cross has been named in the England women’s One-Day International squad to tour South Africa next month.

The 24-year-old is currently playing for Brisbane Heat in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League with her side sitting third in the table with just one fixture to play.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced the England women’s touring party for the three-match One-Day International (ODI) and three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series in South Africa next month.

The full squad will then spend 10 days together in a preparation block at the High Performance Institute in Potchefstroom, before the ODI series gets underway on 7 February in Benoni.

The tour will be the first international series for England Women’s Head Coach, Mark Robinson, since his appointment to the role in November.

He said: “I can’t wait to get going with the players in South Africa. Having started to work with some of them, having watched recent footage and through following the progress of those playing in the WBBL, there is no doubt that this is a hugely talented squad with enormous potential. I am relishing the prospect of helping them unearth even more of that potential and to seeing them develop in their next chapter as professional cricketers.

“The ICC Women’s Championship table is currently very tight so the next twelve months are vitally important for us. We need to hit the ground running in the three ODIs against South Africa, who we know will pose a strong challenge on home soil. I am excited to see what this England team can do.”

England women’s squad for tour to South Africa 2016:

Name & County

• Charlotte Edwards (captain); Kent 
• Tammy Beaumont; Kent T20Is only
• Katherine Brunt; Yorkshire 
• Kathryn Cross; Lancashire ODIs only
• Georgia Elwiss ;Sussex 
• Lydia Greenway; Kent 
• Rebecca Grundy; Warwickshire 
• Jenny Gunn; Nottinghamshire 
• Danielle Hazell; Yorkshire 
• Amy Jones; Warwickshire 
• Heather Knight (vice-captain); Berkshire 
• Natalie Sciver; Surrey 
• Anya Shrubsole; Somerset 
• Sarah Taylor; Sussex 
• Lauren Winfield; Yorkshire 
• Danielle Wyatt; Nottinghamshire 

England women’s tour to South Africa 2016 schedule:

• 7.2.16 1st ODI * Sahara Willowmoore Park, Benoni
• 12.2.16 2nd ODI * SuperSport Park, Centurion
• 14.2.16 3rd ODI * Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
• 18.2.16 1st T20I Boland Park, Paarl
• 19.2.16 2nd T20I + Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
• 21.2.16 3rd T20I + Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg