23 ON ENGLAND’S INITIAL LIST
- Updated: November 2, 2017
England head coach José Maria Buceta has unveiled a 23-women initial squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
It is identical to the recent GB squad named for the opening EuroBasket 2019 qualifiers which contained no Scottish or Welsh players, and incorporates seven Olympians.
They include Jo Leedham-Warner and Temi Fagbenle, even though neither will likely be available for the Gold Coast trip, with the bulk of the squad coming from the WBBL which has agreed to shut down for three weeks around the Games.
GB’s record cap holder Stef Collins, who was born on a US military base in England, is included as is Eilidh Simpson who, with parents on both sides of the border, has opted to compete for England on a Commonwealth level despite interest from Scotland.
England’s Women begin their Commonwealth Games campaign on 6 April 2018 against Canada before further games against Mozambique and Australia.
Dominique Allen, Manchester Mystics
Jennifer Ashton, Sheffield Hatters
Mollie Campbell, Leicester Riders
Stef Collins, Cardiff Met Archers
Melita Emanuel-Carr, CABC Basket (FRA)
Temi Fagbenle, CCC Polkowice (POL)
Christina Gaskin, BA London Lions
Chantelle Handy, Team Northumbria
Georgia Jones, Manchester Mystics
Shequila Joseph, Fassi Albino (ITA)
Johannah Leedham-Warner, Villeneuve D’Ascq (FRA)
Janice Monakana, Nottingham Wildcats
Helen Naylor, Sheffield Hatters
Harriet Ottewill-Soulsby, Durham Palatinates
Chantelle Pressley, Sevenoaks Suns
Siobhan Prior, Nottingham Wildcats
Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee, Durham Palatinates
Hannah Shaw, Nottingham Wildcats
Eilidh Simpson, Cardiff Met Archers
Azania Stewart, TTT Riga (LAT)
Hannah Sunley-Paisley, St-Paul Reze (FRA)
Jamila Thompson, Leicester Riders
Rachael Vanderwal, Ferrol (ESP)
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