Alex Hartley on England women’s team after her fitness comments: ‘Sophie Ecclestone refused to do a TV interview with me’

Australia person taken an unassailable 8-0 pb successful the 16-point Ashes by winning the 3 ODI’s and the archetypal T20I. England’s 57-run nonaccomplishment successful the archetypal T20I was the country’s 2nd largest nonaccomplishment successful presumption of nonaccomplishment successful the format. Post the World Cup defeat, England women’s squad won the T20I bid successful South Africa by 3-0 isolated from winning the ODI bid 2-1. Hartley shared that immoderate of the England players person spoken to her but immoderate players arsenic good coaches person not ‘looked astatine her’. “I’m giving my opinion, and I’ve been fixed the acold enarthrosis from the England squad ever since. Not each of them person fixed maine the acold shoulder. I don’t privation to accidental that they’ve each been the same, due to the fact that they haven’t. Some of the players person been perfectly outstanding: I’ve spoken to them successful the street, astatine the ground, wherever. But a fewer individuals – coaches, players – they virtually haven’t looked astatine me,” said Hartley.,

England manager Jon Lewis and skipper Heather Knight had ruled retired fittingness problems with the team. During the 3 ODI’s successful the Ashes, England squad struggled connected the tract with immoderate dropped catches arsenic good errors connected the tract during the nonaccomplishment successful each lucifer successful ODI format successful Ashes. Hartley reiterated that England person struggled to lucifer Australia’s ‘athleticism’ successful the series.

“I’ve upset them, clearly. Jon Lewis has travel retired and said determination isn’t a occupation with fittingness successful his squad. There isn’t a occupation with fittingness successful the England environment. They evidently deliberation I’m wholly incorrect successful my opinion. Which is fine, perfectly fine: I’m entitled to my opinions and they’re entitled to theirs. It’s my occupation to accidental if I spot thing that needs to beryllium better, and I did, but the mode that I’ve been treated since I deliberation is wholly unfair. But they volition accidental that my comments were unfair, truthful if that’s the mode our narration is going to beryllium moving forwards, past truthful beryllium it. If fittingness isn’t a problem, past it’s athleticism from a few, isn’t it?” said Hartley.