Sophie Ecclestone

Sophie Ecclestone takes break from cricket for well-being before India series

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England spinner Sophie Ecclestone has opted for a break from domestic cricket to prioritise her well-being before the series against India. The 26-year-old left-arm spinner was recently left out of the national squad for their ongoing white-ball series against the West Indies. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), however, said that Ecclestone remained available for selection for the series against India. Apart from focussing on her well-being, Ecclestone took time off from the game to manage a minor quad injury. Charlotte Edwards, who recently took charge as England women’s head coach after replacing Jon Lewis, backed Ecclestone’s decision to take a break. “Sophie has been managing a quad niggle over the past week but, more importantly, she wants to take a step back from cricket for a short period to look after herself,” Edwards said in a statement. “We’re totally behind that. We want to be able to select Sophie for the India series but the most important thing for her at the moment is that she feels in a better place. We all agree that a break now could be beneficial for her to achieve that,” Edwards added. On the very day when England’s squad for the West Indies were announced, Ecclestone represented Lancashire in the Women’s One-Day Cup. Since then, the youngster has 14 wickets from eight matches, including a four-wicket haul against Surrey in the T20 Women’s County Cup final. Ecclestone has been an effective spinner for England, having taken 297 wickets from 177 matches with seven four-wicket hauls and five five-wicket hauls. Ecclestone also plays for the UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). India’s tour of England starts on June 28 with the T20I series opener at The Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The T20I series will be followed by the ODI series, which is scheduled to get underway on July 16 in Southampton. Published By: sabyasachi chowdhury Published On: Jun 7, 2025

England’s Ecclestone becomes fastest woman to 100 ODI wickets

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England’s Sophie Ecclestone appeals successfully for the lbw wicket of Pakistan’s Umm-e-Hani during the third Women’s ODI match against Pakistan at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, Britain on May 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters England spinner Sophie Ecclestone became the fastest woman to reach 100 wickets in One Day International (ODI) cricket after claiming three in their 178-run win over Pakistan on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, who was also named Player of the Series with a haul of six wickets across three ODIs, scythed through the Pakistan tail by taking the wickets of Aliya Riaz, Umm-e-Hani and Nashra Sandhu. She has reached the 100-wicket mark after bowling in 63 matches, beating the previous record held by Australian fast bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick, who took 64 innings to get to that total. “The girls know I’m not good with numbers, I’m not good with stats. But it’s amazing and hopefully it can continue,” Ecclestone said. “I think the best thing for me is to enjoy it, and I play in the best team for enjoying it.”

England’s Sophie Ecclestone break 21-year-old all-time record in ODIs – India TV

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Image Source : GETTY Sophie Ecclestone England’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone entered the record books in the third and final ODI against Pakistan played on May 28 (Wednesday) played at the County Ground in Chelmsford. She picked up three wickets for just 15 runs and completed 100 wickets in the ODI format in the 64th match of her already glorious career. She reached the landmark of 100 scalps in the format in 63 innings becoming the fastest ever to the milestone in Women’s cricket. This record earlier belonged to Australia’s Cathryn Fitzpatrick who had completed a century of wickets in the 50-over format in 64 innings back in February 2003. Sophie is world’s number one ODI and T20I bowler at the moment and at the age of only 25, she has already played 64 ODIs and 81 T20Is accounting for more than 100 wickets in both formats. Thanks to her spell, in the third ODI against Pakistan, England comfortably defended the 302-run total winning the match by a massive margin of 178 runs. In fact, it was a collective effort from England’s bowling unit as well with Lauren Bell and Nat-Sciver Brunt accounting for a couple of wickets each too. Fastest to 100 ODI wickets in women’s cricket Player Innings taken to complete 100 wickets Sophie Ecclestone (England) 63 Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Australia) 64 Megan Schutt (Australia) 66 Jess Jonassen (Australia) 67 Shabnim Ismail (South Africa) 68 Overall, Ecclestone picked up six wickets, the highest in the series by any bowler and won the player of the series award for her efforts. As for the match, Nat-Sciver won the player of the match award for smashing an unbeaten 124 off 117 balls that helped the hosts put behind a relatively slow start (70/3 in 14th over) and post a total in excess of 300 runs in their 50 overs. In response, apart from Muneeba Ali (47) and Aliya Riaz (35), none of the Pakistan batters could even cross the 15-run mark as they crumbled for only 124 runs in the 30th over of the innings. Pakistan’s tour of England concluded with zero wins for the visiting side even as England batted first in all the matches (3 T20Is and 2 ODIs with one match getting washed out).