The Blaze's Josie Groves has been named in England Women U19s' preparation group ahead of a Tri Series in Sri Lanka, with Chris Guest named Head Coach.

Groves will attend a series of winter camps in Loughborough in January, before a reduced tour squad is announced at a later date.

The Tri Series will take place across March and April 2024, with England and Sri Lanka being joined by Australia for a tour which will feature both T20 and 50-over games.

The Blaze Head Coach Guest will be assisted by Courtney Winfield-Hill, Assistant Coach at Trent Rockets in the Hundred and most recently with Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League, and Darren Franklin, Senior Regional Talent Manager for Central Sparks.

England Women Head of Performance Pathways Richard Bedbrook said: “We are delighted to announce the preparation phase player-group and our new coaching team in what will be an exciting start to 2024 for the England Women’s U19 programme.

“This coaching team provides a great opportunity to utilise learning and experiences from our first England Women U19 World Cup programme to date with both Chris and Darren having been involved in the leadership and delivery of that. 

 “Courtney is a great addition and brings a wealth of experience that we’re delighted can impact on a new EW U19 environment to be created.

“The Tri Series in Sri Lanka will see the group gain valuable development experience of playing in the subcontinent against challenging opposition and we’re really interested to see what learning players and staff can make from the opportunity.”

 

England Women U19 preparation group

Meg Austin (Central Sparks)

Summer Carrington (Thunder)

Tilly Corteen-Coleman (South East Stars)

Jodi Grewcock (Sunrisers)

Josie Groves  (The Blaze)

Lola Harris (Western Storm)

Trudy Johnson (Northern Diamonds)

Katie Jones (Western Storm)

Charlotte Lambert (South East Stars)

Ava Lee (Southern Vipers)

Abi Norgrove (Southern Vipers)

Charis Pavely (Central Sparks)

Davina Perrin (Central Sparks)

Sophia Smale (Western Storm)

Alexa Stonehouse (South East Stars)

Charlotte Stubbs (South East Stars)

Amu Surenkumar (Sunrisers)

Mary Taylor (Southern Vipers)

Erin Thomas (Northern Diamonds)

Maddie Ward (Northern Diamonds)