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There were moments during the last World Cup final when Kate Cross did not want England to win.
Left out of the squad for the tournament on home soil five years ago, pace bowler Cross watched from a hospitality box at a sold-out Lord’s.
As England were on the way to becoming world champions during that summer of 2017, Cross, Amy Jones and Tash Farrant were left in an unenviable position.
There were 18 centrally contracted players, but only 15 spots available in the World Cup squad. Cross, Jones and Farrant were the three omitted, their invitation to the biggest women’s cricket event ever held in the UK withdrawn.
Now the trio are in the England team that have reached the final again. Cross and…
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