World Cup Squad Omission 'feels Savage' - Cross

Being near retired of England's squad for nan Women's World Cup successful India and Sri Lanka "feels savage", says Kate Cross.

Seamer Cross, 33, was nan astir notable omission from caput coach Charlotte Edwards' 15-player squad announced connected Thursday for nan tournament, which runs from 30 September to 2 November.

She has struggled for shape since suffering a backmost wounded astatine nan extremity of 2024 but is 1 of England's astir knowledgeable one-day world players and opened nan bowling successful nan first lucifer of past month's ODI bid against India.

"What I'm really struggling to get my caput astir is it each feels for illustration it's happened truthful quickly," she told nan No Balls podcast.

"I've conscionable intelligibly fallen retired of favour pinch Lot [Edwards]. I haven't processed it. It's still really raw."

Cross did not play successful nan 2nd ODI against India astatine Lord's aft it was reduced to 29 overs per broadside because of rain, and was past dropped for nan bid decider astatine Chester-le-Street.

She said she first felt she mightiness not make nan World Cup squad aft she was not selected for that match, which England mislaid to suffer a 2-1 bid defeat.

Despite her caller struggles, pinch nan backmost wounded meaning she did not play a crippled successful England's dire 16-0 Ashes thrashing successful Australia earlier this year, Cross felt she had done capable to make nan squad.

"Being successful nan champion XI is simply a different conversation," she said. "But not being connected nan level - it feels savage."

Cross said being told she had not been selected was "one of nan worst" days of her profession and near her emotion "quite sick".

"The messages I've had from everyone person been amazing," she said. "And yet I'm not going to beryllium playing immoderate cricket - it's minuscule successful that sense.

"But it's difficult to return because I don't consciousness for illustration I've done capable to merit not being connected that plane."

England skipper and all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt is expected to beryllium fresh capable to vessel successful nan World Cup, pinch Edwards picking Em Arlott, Lauren Bell and Lauren Filer arsenic nan only 3 different seamers, fixed surfaces are expected to favour slow bowling.

Cross, who is playing for Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred, said she still needs to person a speech pinch Edwards astir whether she will beryllium connected standby successful lawsuit of wounded to 1 of those seamers.

"That's almost nan hardest," added Cross. "If personification goes down, you mightiness beryllium playing successful 3 weeks' clip successful a World Cup - past everything you consciousness correct now is truthful confused and manipulated almost because you've sewage to rotation it around."