Opening batter Ella McCaughan has signed a two-year contract extension with Hampshire.
The brand new deal sees the 23-year-old keep at Utilita Bowl till at the very least the tip of the 2028 season.
In 2025, she turned the primary lady to attain a century within the Vitality Blast when she made 106 in opposition to Essex at Chelmsford.
Her first hundred got here in Hampshire’s chase of 293 in opposition to Lancashire at Southport, the place she made an unbeaten 133.
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Very grateful
She adopted it up with a century in opposition to Essex at Chelmsford in 2026 when she and Maia Bouchier chased down 246 with out loss.
McCaughan has scored 1,400 runs at a mean of 38 because the begin of 2025. This summer season so far, she has scored 710 runs with three fifties and one century.
McCaughan stated: “I’m very grateful that Hampshire have supported me all through my skilled profession to date and the Utilita Bowl seems like residence.
“We’re a younger aspect, so to achieve the knockouts within the Vitality Blast and One Day Cup is an unbelievable achievement, and hopefully we are able to go all the best way this week.
“I’m actually excited by what we’re constructing and stay up for being a part of this dressing room for an additional two years as we intention to construct on what we’ve already constructed this season and convey residence some trophies.”
McCaughan started her profession as a teen at Sussex, and made her skilled debut for Southern Vipers, the regional staff primarily based at Utilita Bowl, in 2020, the place she was a part of the aspect that gained the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the predecessor of the One-Day Cup.
With the Vipers, she went on to win 5 titles – three 50-over and two T20 trophies – together with profitable each in 2023.
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The fruits of her effort
Adam Carty, Regional Director of Girls’s Cricket, stated: “Ella has developed into an exquisite batter and glorious fielder for the membership following a breakout season final yr.
“She’s been a stalwart on the prime of the innings, and her many contributions to aggressive staff totals have been constant and important.
“To turn out to be the primary lady to attain 100 within the Vitality Blast is an unbelievable achievement, and her three fifty-over centuries and eight cross-format half-centuries for the membership over the previous 18 months present the fruits of her effort and onerous work over time.”
Final summer season, McCaughan was named in an England A squad for the primary time, for his or her collection in opposition to New Zealand, and scored 112 runs in opposition to India A in 2026.
In franchise cricket, McCaughan has represented Southern Courageous, Welsh Fireplace, and Manchester Tremendous Giants in The Hundred, the place she has scored 64 runs in 13 matches and completed runners-up with Welsh Fireplace in 2024.
She can be on account of signify Toronto Sixes within the Canada Tremendous 60, which takes place in Vancouver from September 29-October 4.
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