The Hundred has expedited the event of England’s younger Commonwealth Games cricket stars, believes new Northern Superchargers captain Hollie Armitage.
Friday will mark the debut of ladies’s cricket within the Games, with Lisa Keightley’s Twenty20 squad boasting quite a lot of names who performed their approach to standout standing in final summer season’s inaugural 100-ball experiment.
Birmingham Phoenix’s 20-year-old quick bowler Issy Wong and 17-year-old Oval Invincibles breakout expertise Alice Capsey are amongst those that might assist lead England to Birmingham gold earlier than the ladies’s Hundred begins on August 11.
“It’s great for women’s cricket,” Armitage instructed PA information company. “Being able to play in all these different competitions and the girls really excelling in the game is really exciting, and that’s also coming from the domestic path too.
“You’re looking at the England squad at the minute and there’s lots of debutants, and I think that’s really exciting.”
Australia will tackle India in Friday’s opener earlier than England start their marketing campaign in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Yorkshire captain Armitage, in the meantime, shall be watching intently as she prepares to steer Superchargers, who noticed final season’s skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill defect to defending champions Invincibles.
Many of the 30-year-old’s era grew up not sure if a profession in ladies’s cricket was even potential. The Hundred, she has noticed, is already altering the sport for the following era.
Armitage added: “There’s lots of opportunity. There’s lots of eyes on the Hundred from all different countries, hence why there will be people that perform in the Hundred that end up getting picked up to go and play in the Big Bash and other franchise competitions.
“That’s very exciting for the game and for the individuals that do get the opportunity to be able to put on some big performances.”
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