Kate Cross has lost her England contract, capping a difficult month in which she also learned she had been overlooked for the World Cup .

Cross revealed that England Women's head coach Charlotte Edwards and director of cricket Jonathan Finch had told her during a post-season appraisal in August that her central contract wouldn't be renewed, after playing 102 matches for her country across formats in an international career spanning nearly 12 years.

"I had my appraisal with Lot and Finchy, our director of cricket, and they just told me that I'm not going to get my England contract renewed next year," Cross said in a pre-recorded segment for the latest episode of No Balls , the podcast that she co-hosts with best friend and former team-mate Alex Hartley. "So as of October this yea

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