Former spinner Alex Hartley feels he has been “left out to dry” and was criticized by some England players and coaches after making comments about England's fitness in the Women's Ashes. “Indifferent”.
The 31-year-old, part of the England side which won the 50-over World Cup in 2017, had questioned the fitness levels of some of the T20 World Cup squad last October after Heather Knight's side suffered an unexpected group-stage exit in Dubai.
Hartley, who retires as a player in 2023, currently works as a commentator for the BBC and other Australian television networks, covering the Women's Ashes Cup – which the dominant hosts retained after a comfortable win in the inaugural T20 international in Sydney on Monday. A tournament.
England were defeated by 57 runs at the SCG and Hartley claimed she was denied an interview with former teammate Sophie Ecclestone during the T20 match.
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Speaking to the BBC's Test Match Special podcast, Hartley said: “I've been left out by England. They won't talk to me on the edge.
“The reason why I say England are not as good as Australia is because I want them to compete with Australia, I want them to be better than Australia, I want them to win the Ashes and the World Cup.
“I made my point known and since then I've been given the cold shoulder by England.
“Not everyone was cold towards me, there were players who were very good and I talked to them on the street, on the pitch… but there were some people, coaches, players, who really didn't look at me and[Sophie]Ecclestone declined to be interviewed by me.
“I obviously made them uncomfortable.”
“To be clear, there are some players in the England squad who have been disappointing, but by no means all of them.
Hartley said in a social media post on Tuesday that while the issue had not affected some of her friendships on the team, she was “shocked and surprised” by others' reactions.
“To be clear, there are some players in the England squad who have been disappointing, but by no means all,” Hartley wrote on X.
“For some, the friendship remains the same. For others, I'm shocked and surprised by their reactions.
The England and Wales Cricket Board declined to comment when contacted by the PA news agency on Tuesday.
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