ENGLAND WOMEN have had bad news before their one-day series against New Zealand, which starts today at Chester-le-Street. Quick bowler Mahika Gaur fractured her foot in training while Alice Capsey was affected by illness.
Skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt’s torn calf means that she was already out of the three-match 50-over series, which takes place before a three-game T20I series as England ramp up their preparations for the T20 World Cup which starts on 123 June.
Vice-captain Charlie Dean will lead England, with Maia Bouchier, fresh from a One Day Cup hundred, called up as cover for ...