There are less than 100 days to go until the Women’s T20 World Cup, and England, the hosts, have been stuck in limbo. Next week’s training camp in Abu Dhabi was hastily cancelled over the weekend when Iran began bombing the UAE after US-Israel strikes. The ECB has been searching for alternative venues – not ideal for a team who have not been in the same room, let alone played together, for five months.
On Friday the ECB confirmed a new plan to head to South Africa, for intra-squad games in Pretoria to sharpen their skills and lay claim to spots in the line-up.
