Star bowler Sophie Ecclestone has been left out of new coach Charlotte Edwards’ first squad to face West Indies as England look to manage her return from a knee injury.
Ecclestone is currently playing in her first match of the English season, scoring a 49-ball 50 in the first innings of Lancashire’s One-Day Cup fixture against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
The 26-year-old is one of several senior players omitted by Edwards, who will coach her country for the first time after being appointed in the aftermath of England’s disastrous Ashes campaign.
Top-order batter Maia Bouchier does not feature in either the one-day international or T20 squad, while Alice Capsey and veteran Danni Wyatt-Hodge will sit out the 50-over fixtures.
There are recalls for batter Emma Lamb, all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards and seamer Issy Wong, while uncapped medium pacer Emily Arlott is also included.
England face the West Indies in three ODIs and three T20s, starting in Canterbury on 21 June.
Ecclestone picked up the knee injury at the Women’s Premier League in India in March.
“Following her knee injury, Sophie Ecclestone is physically not quite at 100% yet,” said Edwards, who has picked the squad alongside new national selector Lydia Greenway.
“She’s been rehabbing and working hard but she’s only just got back on the park for Lancashire so she doesn’t have enough cricket under her belt to be ready for this series.
“Maia’s talent is there for all to see and the challenge to her is to go and make consistent match-winning contributions for Hampshire in domestic cricket. It’s the same for any player who’d disappointed to not be a part of these squads.”
England ODI and T20 squads: Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt, The Blaze), Amy Jones (The Blaze), Charlie Dean (Somerset), Emily Arlott (Warwickshire), Heather Knight (Somerset), Lauren Bell (Hampshire), Linsey Smith (Hampshire), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Sophia Dunkley (Surrey), Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
ODI squad only: Alice Davidson-Richards (Surrey), Emma Lamb (Lancashire), Kate Cross (Lancashire), Mahika Gaur (Lancashire)
T20 squad only: Alice Capsey (Surrey), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey), Issy Wong (Warwickshire), Paige Scholfield (Surrey)
