‘Struggling’ Hartley will take a break

ENGLAND spinner Alex Hartley says she wants to fall vback in love with cricket again, but admitrs she doesn’t know when that might be. Hartley announced this week she is taking an indefinite break from cricket, telling the BBC’s No Balls podcast that she had been “struggling mentally” for several months. The 29-year-old has played 28 one-day internationals and four T20s for England – helping them win the World Cup in 2017 – but has not made an international appearance since 2019. “Every time I’ve pulled on my cricket shirt [...

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