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England Pulls Entire Women’s T20 World Cup Squad From County Round for British Army Camp

The ECB is prioritizing a controlled high‑performance camp over county minutes to sharpen decision‑making before a home World Cup.

England players picked for the Women’s T20 World Cup have been pulled out of the next county round to attend an Army training camp.

Overview

  • The 15‑player England squad, which the ECB withdrew Thursday, will skip Saturday’s county One‑Day Cup round to attend a multi‑day British Army program.
  • Team management says the course focuses on decision‑making, mental resilience and delivering under pressure.
  • The camp takes place at an undisclosed UK site one week before the first ODI against New Zealand on Sunday, 10 May.
  • The decision continues earlier workload management that kept internationals out of the first One‑Day Cup round and redirected a later weekend into an intra‑squad skills camp.
  • The approach follows past military‑style prep in English cricket, including a 2010–11 Ashes bootcamp credited with bonding and a 2013–14 repeat noted for mixed results.