Alice Capsey has been called up to England’s T20 squad for the upcoming series in South Africa after her initial omission.
Having been a surprise omission from the original panel, the 20-year old joins up with the group on Monday following a couple of minor injury concerns within the squad.
England are playing three T20s and three ODIs before a single four-day Test on the tour of South Africa, which begins on November 24 and runs to December 18, live on Sky Sports Cricket.
Capsey has not scored more than 25 in any of her last five T20 internationals and was run out for a single in England’s dismal six-wicket loss to West Indies on October 15 that knocked them out of the World Cup.
Head coach Jon Lewis said the 20-year-old had been “trending in the wrong direction” with her game and had called on her to find more consistent form.
“What I do know about Alice is that she’s incredibly strong-willed and really determined to be the best player she can be,” said Lewis after announcing his white-ball squad last week.
“I’m really convinced that over a period of time this will be a line in the sand for her to look back and say ‘actually, I just need to adapt my game and play slightly more consistently when I pull on an England shirt’.
“There is no doubt in my mind that over time she will play lots and lots of games for England in all formats of the game, but at the moment she is just trending in the wrong direction and we need to have a little reset, to be honest.”
Capsey took her first five-wicket haul but was dismissed for a first-ball duck in Melbourne Renegades’ defeat by Perth Scorchers in the Women’s Big Bash League earlier this month.
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England head coach Jon Lewis feels Capsey is trending in the wrong direction and says ‘a little reset’ is needed, after her omission from parts of the South Africa tour.
The T20 squad fly to South Africa on November 16, eight days before the opening match, before the ODI and Test squads head out on November 27.
The four-day match in Bloemfontein will be the first Women’s Test held in South Africa since 2002.
England in South Africa fixtures – live on Sky Sports
T20 series
- 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 series
- 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
Test match
- December 15-18: South Africa v England – Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Watch England’s three-format tour of South Africa live on Sky Sports Cricket from November 24 until the run up to Christmas. Get Sky Sports to watch cricket and lots more live.