Adams & O'Neill Selected in England U19 Winter Training Squad

Sussex duo Mollie Adams and Eve O'Neill have been selected in the England Women U19 Training Squad for the 2025/26 winter.

Adams scored 361 runs for Sussex in 2025, including a century at New Road against Worcestershire. With the gloves, Adams took 16 dismissals in a fantastic summer.

Eve O'Neill took 11 wickets in the summer, including a superb 3-14 in the season opener away at Glamorgan.

The England U19 Training Squad will have eight camps at the National Cricket Performance Centre across the winter, building towards a tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka in March/April 2026.

Congratulations, both! #GOSBTS.

Full ECB Press Release:

England Women announce pathway squads

England Women have announced the Performance Programme intake and England Women U19 Training squad for the 2025/26 winter.

Thirteen players have been named in the Performance Programme, while there are 20 players in the U19 training squad.

The Performance Programme will be led by England Women National Lead coaches Jon Lewis (Batting), Gareth Breese (Spin Bowling), Matt Mason (Pace Bowling) and Nick Wilton (WK/Fielding). The England Women U19 training squad will be headed up by England Women U19 Performance Lead, Chris Guest.

England Women Performance Programme 2025/26

Kira Chathli (Surrey)

Tilly Corteen-Coleman (Surrey)

Jodi Grewcock (Essex)

Cassidy McCarthy (The Blaze)

Ella McCaughan (Hampshire)

Davina Perrin (Warwickshire)

Grace Potts (Lancashire)

Grace Scrivens (Essex)

Seren Smale (Lancashire)

Rhianna Southby (Hampshire)

Alexa Stonehouse (Surrey/Warwickshire – loan)

Grace Thompson (Durham)

Phoebe Turner (Durham)

England Women U19 Winter Training Squad

Mollie Adams (Hampshire)

Maria Andrews (The Blaze)

Diya Badge (The Blaze)

Sophie Beech (Warwickshire)

Phoebe Brett (Warwickshire)

Olivia Cunliffe (Lancashire)

Flora Davies (The Blaze)

Bryony Gillgrass (Warwickshire)

Gen Jeer (Surrey)

Trudy Johnson (Durham)

Amelia Love (Yorkshire)

Laila Moledina (Somerset)

Amelia Oliver (Yorkshire)

Eve O'Neill (Hampshire)

Shristi Patil (Hampshire)

Prarthana Reddy (Glamorgan)

Clara Thaker (Essex)

Grace Thompson (Durham)

Venus Weerappuli (Lancashire)

Bea Willis (Somerset)

England Women’s Head of Performance Pathways Richard Bedbrook said: “The purpose of the Performance Programme is to provide development opportunities to players across various skill-sets, on the back of the successful Pace Programme last winter.

“This programme will provide individualised support, designed to accelerate each player’s development, working in collaboration with their county staff. The ultimate ambition is to provide each player with an opportunity to push their case for future England selection through continued performances within the domestic game and any England Women pathway activity.

“There are three overseas training camps for England Women across January, February and March 2026 that players from this Performance Programme could well be a part of. Such opportunities will provide further experiences and exposure for these players on top of the training camps that will take place at the National Cricket Performance Centre.

“For the U19s, there are eight camps at the National Cricket Performance Centre across the winter as this programme builds towards a tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka in March/April 2026. The final England Women U19 touring party for the tri-series will be determined in the New Year.”