Former cricketer and rugby league participant Courtney Winfield-Hill has been named as an assistant coach for England Ladies’s tour of South Africa and the 2025 Ladies’s Ashes.
England’s multi-format tour of South Africa is reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket and begins on November 24 with the three-match T20 sequence. That’s adopted by a three-day ODI (December 4-11) after which a four-day Take a look at (December 15-18).
Winfield-Hill was a part of the England teaching group for the tour to Eire in September and labored with Trent Rockets on this summer season’s Ladies’s Hundred. The 37-year-old is at the moment teaching with Brisbane Warmth within the Ladies’s Massive Bash League and can be a part of up with the England squad in South Africa as soon as her commitments within the WBBL have ended.
As a participant, the Australia-born tempo bowler represented house state Queensland Hearth in addition to Brisbane Warmth however she then switched to rugby league after shifting to England in 2018.
With the Leeds Rhinos she received a Grand Last and Problem Cup double in 2019 and represented England on the Rugby League World Cup in 2022 having certified on residency. In Might, Winfield-Hill joined the RFL as a senior girls’s and women’ accomplice.
“I am really proud to be a part of the set-up. Since working with England teams, I have been made to feel nothing but welcomed and feel the ECB have invested in developing me as a coach,” mentioned Winfield-Hill, spouse of 2017 World Cup-winning opening batter Lauren.
“The event of the home recreation over the past 5 years has been sensible to observe and I’ve taken so much from latest involvements with the England A, improvement video games and the Eire tour.
“South Africa and the Ashes are two exciting series’ and I am really looking forward to linking up and working with the group.”
Director of England Ladies’s Cricket Jonathan Finch added: “Courtney has performed such an necessary function in growing the up-and-coming gamers on our worldwide pathway and provides super worth in any surroundings she is a part of.
“She will bring a different outlook on the game into the coaching team which will ensure the support we provide to players continually moves forward in what will be an exciting period for the senior team.”
England in South Africa fixtures – reside on Sky Sports activities
T20 sequence
- Sunday November 24: South Africa vs England – Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium, East London
- Wednesday November 27: South Africa vs England – Willowmoore Park, Benoni
- Saturday November 30: South Africa vs England – SuperSport Park, Centurion
ODI sequence
- Wednesday December 4: South Africa vs England – Kimberley Oval, Kimberley
- Sunday December 8: South Africa vs England – Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban
- Wednesday December 11: South Africa vs England – JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
Take a look at match
- December 15-18: South Africa v England – Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
England squads for South Africa tour
T20 squad: Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Paige Scholfield, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.
ODI squad: Heather Knight (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.
Take a look at squad: Heather Knight (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.
Watch England’s three-format tour of South Africa reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket from November 24 till the run as much as Christmas. Get Sky Sports activities to observe cricket and plenty extra reside.
