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Staffs duo get England call

Wolverhampton’s Georgia Elwiss and her former Staffordshire team-mate Danni Wyatt have been included in a 24-strong England women’s cricket squad to return to individual training.

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The group will start practice again following the coronavirus shutdown from Monday across six different venues as they look to salvage their international summer. A limited-overs series against India scheduled to start at the end of this month has been postponed but South Africa’s visit to these shores in September now looks set to be turned into a tri-series.

The 24 players will train across six different venues – Loughborough, Headingley, The Oval, Bristol, Hove and Chester Boughton Hall CC – initially by themselves before progressing to small group training.

Jonathan Finch, director of England Women’s Cricket, said: “We remain hopeful of playing this summer and it’s exciting for this group of players to be able to return to training. Hopefully this is one step closer towards England Women returning to the field this summer.”

England’s return to training group: Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Katie George, Sarah Glenn, Kirstie Gordon, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Bryony Smith, Linsey Smith, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt.