England Netball | Vitality Roses squad for Netball World Cup revealed

Happening from 28 July to six August, the 16^th version of the World Cup will happen in Africa for the primary time.

The 12-player squad includes a combination of expertise and youth, with 810 caps shared amongst the group.

Each Jade Clarke and Geva Mentor have been named of their sixth World Cup squad, surpassing the England report set by Assistant Coach Sonia Mkoloma and matching the worldwide report of Rhonda John-Davis of Trinidad & Tobago.

For Funmi Fadoju and Olivia Tchine, this will likely be their first main senior match with the Vitality Roses, while a primary World Cup beckons for Imogen Allison, Eleanor Cardwell and Laura Malcolm. Chelsea Pitman and Fran Williams in the meantime return for his or her first main match with England because the final World Cup in 2019.

For the primary time, World Netball are allowing groups to have three travelling reserves who can stay with the crew all through the match, and within the occasion of a tournament-ending damage, sickness or unexpected private circumstances, these gamers can act as a everlasting alternative for the rest of the match.

Jess Thirlby, Vitality Roses Head Coach, commented: “The revealing of our Roses squad is a massively thrilling second and the fruits of years of laborious work that the gamers and the broader crew have put in to drive the depth and breadth of our expertise pool, in addition to our performances on the worldwide and home stage.

“This squad strikes an ideal steadiness of expertise while additionally introducing an thrilling level of distinction with a few of our unimaginable younger expertise who’re deserving of their place within the squad amongst a few of the sport’s longest serving gamers. It gives the flexibility wanted to fight what we all know to be the important thing areas of focus for us, as uncovered throughout latest worldwide match ups. Importantly, this crew together with our three travelling reserves, speaks to what we imagine is certainly one of our biggest strengths – our tactical range – and offers us the most effective likelihood to counteract these types of our largest rivals.

“The worldwide recreation has moved on because the final World Cup and now greater than ever, the margins between the highest nations are at their narrowest. Match netball and its situations are like no different league on this planet and it will likely be necessary to name upon these various types of play throughout the crew with a view to assist transfer us nearer to breaking right into a World Cup last for the primary time.”

“The crew are extremely formidable, massively supportive of one another and I belief collectively we’ll do no matter we are able to to carry out at our greatest in Cape City.”

The Vitality Roses, who completed third on the 2019 version in Liverpool, will start their World Cup marketing campaign towards Barbados on Friday 28 July, adopted by the Malawi Queens on Saturday 29 July earlier than a Residence Nations conflict with the Scottish Thistles on Sunday 30 July.

Their subsequent fixtures within the competitors will likely be decided by their ends in the opening stage. The Ultimate will happen on Sunday 6 August. A full information to how the competitors works might be seen right here.

David Parsons, Efficiency Director at England Netball, stated: “The Netball World Cup is clearly such a high-profile occasion for our sport, and due to this fact naming the squad that can characterize England in the summertime is massively thrilling. We actually gained’t be underestimating the dimensions of the problem in entrance of us. However while you have a look at the energy of the squad that has been chosen, and the mix of confirmed high quality and younger expertise, I imagine we are able to head into the match with optimism that we will go toe to toe with the most effective groups on this planet. Congratulations to all of these chosen.”

Fran Connolly, CEO of England Netball, added: “That is one other massive second for our sport. Final yr over seven million folks tuned in to look at netball on the Commonwealth Video games and we noticed participation ranges rise again as much as pre-Covid ranges. This summer time goes to be one other vital peak in visibility for ladies’s sport and I’m trying ahead to seeing this thrilling Vitality Roses squad encourage many extra folks to take to courts throughout the nation.”

Particulars across the squad’s management group in addition to the total broadcast schedule for the Vitality Netball World Cup for UK viewers will likely be shared in the end.

For extra details about the Vitality Netball World Cup, go to their web site.