Former spinner Alex Hartley appears like she has been “frolicked to dry” and given the “chilly shoulder” by some England gamers and coaches throughout the Girls’s Ashes after feedback over the squad’s health.
The 31-year-old, a part of the England facet which received the 50-over World Cup in 2017, had questioned the health ranges of a few of the T20 World Cup squad final October after Heather Knight’s facet suffered an surprising group-stage exit in Dubai.
Hartley, who retired as a participant in 2023, is presently working as a pundit for the BBC and different tv networks in Australia overlaying the Girls’s Ashes – which the dominant hosts retained after a cushty victory within the first T20 worldwide in Sydney on Monday gave them an unassailable lead after profitable the ODI sequence 3-0.
England slumped to a 57-run defeat on the SCG, and Hartley claimed she had been refused an interview with former team-mate Sophie Ecclestone throughout the T20 sport.
Hung Out To Dry
Hartley advised the BBC’s Check Match Particular podcast: “I’ve been frolicked to dry by the England crew. None of them will discuss to me on the boundary edge.
“The explanation I stated that England weren’t as match as Australia is as a result of I would like them to compete with Australia, I would like them to be higher than Australia and I would like them to win Ashes and World Cups.
“I’ve given my opinion and I’ve been given the chilly shoulder from the England crew ever since.
“Not all of them have given me the chilly shoulder, a few of the gamers have been completely excellent, I’ve spoken to them on the street, on the floor…however just a few people, coaches, gamers, they actually haven’t checked out me and (Sophie) Ecclestone refused to do an interview with me.
“I’ve upset them clearly.”
“To be clear, there are some members of the England crew who’ve been actually disappointing, however in no way all.
In a social media publish on Tuesday, Hartley stated whereas the difficulty had not impacted on a few of her friendships inside the squad, she was left “shocked and shocked” by the response of others.
“To be clear, there are some members of the England crew who’ve been actually disappointing, however in no way all,” Hartley wrote on X.
“For some, friendships stay unchanged. For others, I’ve been shocked and shocked by their response.”
The England and Wales Cricket Board declined to remark when contacted by the PA information company on Tuesday.
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