Overview

• The ECB confirmed Ecclestone’s hiatus is designed to prioritise her well-being and manage a minor quadriceps injury.
• Head coach Charlotte Edwards endorsed the break and highlighted fitness and mental health as key factors in her new selection approach.
• Ecclestone had missed Edwards’s initial squad for the West Indies tour due to a winter knee injury and featured eight times for Lancashire this season.
• England will open their five-match T20I series against India at Trent Bridge on June 28 before three ODIs begin in Southampton on July 16.
• The three-week break covers the remainder of Lancashire’s T20 Blast fixtures, during which Ecclestone took two wickets in two appearances.