England Women's Cricket team confirm plans for return to training

In a statement on Thursday, the England Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that the England Women's side plan to return to individual training on Monday 22nd June as plans continue for a proposed tri-series with India and South Africa in September.

Return to training

The players who return will do so in across six venues in England, initially training on their own before progressing to small group training.

The ECB have said that squads for specific formats will be announced 'in due course, subject to confirmation of the proposed series'

The training sessions will take place under the same medical guidelines and biosecurity conditions as have already been in place for England's men's team.

The 24 players will train across six different venues: National Performance Center, Loughborough; Emerald Headingley, Yorkshire; The Kia Oval, London; Bristol County Ground, Bristol; Chester Boughton Hall CC, Lancashire; and the 1st Central County Ground, Hove.

'One step closer towards returning'

On the announcement, Jonathan Finch - Director at England Women's Cricket - said: "We remain hopeful of playing cricket this summer and it's exciting for this group of players to be able to return to training.

"We've had great support from the First-Class Counties with the use of their venues, and we're grateful to them for that, and hopefully this is one step closer towards England Women returning to the field this summer."