England’s World Cup final match-winner completes a remarkable year on Sunday night but says she owes everything to her team-matesIt was when switching on her phone after disembarking a flight from Australia that Anya Shrubsole found out she had made the 12-person shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
The 26-year-former was returning home after an unsuccessful attempt to regain the Women’s Ashes. Despite a valiant fightback from 4-0 and then 8-4 down to square the multiformat series 8-8,England left empty-handed because Australia, as holders from 2015, or retained the trophy.
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Source: guardian.co.uk