Security concerns force England women to shift Abu Dhabi camp to South Africa

The England girls’s cricket group was pressured to shift its T20 World Cup preparatory camp to South Africa after it needed to name off its plans to journey to Abu Dhabi as a result of safety issues owing to the continued battle within the area, involving United States, Israel, and Iran.

Round 30 gamers will as a substitute assemble in Pretoria for a preparatory camp, the place they are going to be divided into two squads of 15 every for a five-match intra squad sequence scheduled between March 10 and 27.

The groups have been named in honour of two England greats, Jan Brittin and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, each members of World Cup profitable sides on dwelling soil.

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will lead Group Brittin, which will probably be coached by former Durham batter and England Ladies assistant coach Jon Lewis. Vice captain Charlie Dean will captain Group Heyhoe-Flint, with assistant coach Luke Williams guiding the aspect.

Head coach Charlotte Edwards will oversee each the squads through the camp and has urged the gamers to make use of the sequence as a possibility to push their case for choice forward of the upcoming World Cup at dwelling.

“It is a large alternative for each participant concerned to place their hand up and show that they are a useful a part of our World Cup plans,” Edwards mentioned in a launch.

“It is the identical probability for each participant, whether or not they’re new to the group or they’ve performed 100 video games. We need to use this sequence as an opportunity to stretch ourselves and put ourselves beneath stress in aggressive match conditions.”

“We have had two coaching camps this yr, in Oman and Stellenbosch, which targeted on expertise. Including a extra aggressive aspect is our subsequent step and I am actually happy with how the group is coming alongside forward of a large summer season.”

It will likely be England’s second coaching camp in South Africa this yr, following skill-based journeys to Oman in January and Stellenbosch final month.

England are scheduled to host New Zealand and India in white ball sequence forward of the T20 World Cup, to be held from June 12 to July 5. They may then face India in a historic girls’s Check at Lord’s.

Group Heyhoe Flint: Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean (capt), Sophie Ecclestone, Mahika Gaur, Dani Gibson, Jodi Grewcock, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Grace Potts, Grace Scrivens, Alexa Stonehouse, Danni Wyatt-Hodge

Group Brittin: Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley, Lauren Filer, Freya Kemp, Charis Pavely, Davina Perrin, Paige Scholfield, Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt), Linsey Smith, Rhianna Southby, Ellie Threlkeld, Mady Villiers, Issy Wong.