![]() ![]() “I have been trying to get a lot fitter and stronger to try and gain some extra pace.”Īlthough the tour to New Zealand is important, the bigger prize comes this summer with an Ashes series.īut Cross admits they can’t look too far ahead. That is pushing everyone in the right direction. “That is how we are getting better because everyone seems to be upping their game in training. ![]() It is really nice to be able to train frequently with the girls and to challenge each other. “I am just enjoying my time with the girls and training pretty much every day now. “But I am only 23 so I’m hoping if I can keep myself fit and strong then I will have a long career and that kind of cemented place will come in a few years’ time. “I know that I am certainly behind Katherine (Brunt) and Anya (Shrubsole) as strike bowlers, so I know my place in the team is the third strike-bowler position. “I still don’t feel like I’ve got a cemented place in the team,” said Cross, who helped Lancashire’s women's team to promotion to the top flight of the County Championship last season. But she knows she has plenty of work to do to get into the side. The Red Rose seamer, from Heywood, made history when she was one of 18 players to be given the first set of contracts by the ECB back in May – allowing her and her team-mates to become full-time professionals.Ĭross, 23, has played 12 internationals for England across the three formats and is currently preparing for the tour to New Zealand in February when they take on the White Ferns in five ODIs and three T20s. Kate Cross may have an England central contract, but the Lancashire bowler admits she is far from guaranteed a place in the side. ![]()
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