India’s wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh to play for London Spirit

LONDON: India’s wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh will be playing for the London Spirit in the upcoming season of Women’s Hundred competition in England as a replacement for injured Australian player Georgia Redmayne.

Richa, who was not included in India’s ongoing tour of Bangladesh, will join captain Harmanpreet Kaur (Trent Rockets) and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (Southern Brave) as the third Indian player to play in the Women’s Hundred competition.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) also announced that seam bowler Lauren Filer and UAE all-rounder Mahika Gaur, a young bowler who’s making waves in domestic cricket at Thunder, will be featured in Women’s Hundred for Spirit and Manchester Originals, respectively.

Oval Invincibles’ Tash Farrant and Trent Rockets’ Emma Jones have been re-placed by Lizzie Scott and Cassidy McCarthy respectively, while Leah Dobson has replaced Phoebe Franklin at Northern Superchargers. IANS

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