England’s squad for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup will skip this weekend’s round of domestic matches for a camp with the British Army.
The 15-strong group will spend the weekend on a programme focusing on “decision-making, resilience and delivering high performance when the pressure is turned up”, the management says.
The trip, at an undisclosed location in the UK, comes a week before the team’s first international of the summer – the first of three one-day internationals against New Zealand on Sunday, 10 May.
Three T20s against the White Ferns follow before another three T20s against India. England’s World Cup campaign begins against Sri Lanka on 12 June.
“We are extremely lucky to be able to send our newly selected World Cup squad into one of the best high-performance environments in the world,” said the England and Wales Cricket’s Board’s managing director of women’s cricket Clare Connor.
“I’m confident that what the players will experience and learn over the next few days will be priceless when it comes to performing in some of the pressure moments that a home World Cup will undoubtedly bring.”