Rebecca
Grundy ruled out of England women’s summer internationals through injury
Injury
has forced Warwickshire’s Rebecca Grundy out of the England women’s squad to
play against India and South Africa this summer. The left-arm spinner has
sustained a femoral stress reaction in her left groin.
Grundy
will now begin a rehabilitation programme and has been ruled out of all forms
of cricket for the rest of the season.
Nineteen
year old off-spinner Stephanie Butler from Staffordshire will replace Grundy in
the squad that will take on India in the Kia Women’s Test match, which starts at
Wormsley Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
Nottinghamshire’s
right-arm medium pace bowler Sonia Odedra will subsequently remain with the
England women’s squad for the three-match Royal London One-Day International
series against India, having originally only been named in the Test squad.
All-rounder
Danielle Wyatt (Nottinghamshire) has been recalled to the Twenty20
International squad to face South Africa in the three NatWest T20Is in
September.
Speaking
about Grundy’s injury status and her replacements in the squad, Head of England
Women’s Performance, Paul Shaw, said: “This is very disappointing news for
Becky and it is clearly unfortunate to lose her from the squad before our
summer internationals against India and South Africa have even got underway.
She will now undergo the necessary treatment and rehabilitation to get back to
full fitness as quickly as possible.
“We
are in a very strong position to be able call-up three very talented players to
replace Becky across seven matches that we have this summer.
“Young
Stephanie Butler from Staffordshire has been included in an England women’s
squad for the first time, after enjoying a good season with the ball in county
cricket and also impressing with her performances for the England Women’s
Academy in Sri Lanka over the winter. I’m sure she will learn a lot from
the experience.
MD
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Gutted for Grundy. Interesting replacements.
ReplyDeleteTest - we'll replace a spinner with a spinner (ok, that makes sense)
ODI - we'll replace a spinner with a quickie (odd but pleased for Odedra)
T20 - we'll replace a spinner with a batsman (odd but at least it rights a wrong - Wyatt should have been in the squad from the start)
Am I being paranoid or is there something strange about the number of injuries our players seem to get. Brunt, Marsh, Elwiss, Langston, Grundy, Dibble, Taylor (missed Super 3s), Shrubsole (missed some of the Super 3s), Farrant (missed the Super 3s). Suggests a serious issue with fast bowlers - Crossy better watch out, not been injured yet, um odd !