Alex Hartley left ‘shocked’ as England star ‘refuses interview’ after Ashes loss

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former England spinner Alex Hartley has claimed that Sophie Ecclestone refused a television interview after Heather Knight’s side suffered a heavy Ashes defeat to Australia. Hartley, who is working in Australia for TNT Sports and the BBC, was heavily critical of the set-up after their T20 World Cup semi-final defeat to the West Indies last year, suggesting that a handful of players were "letting the team down" with below par standards of fitness. “Sophie Ecclestone refused to do a TV interview with me today," Hartley told the BBC's Test Match Special podcast. open image in gallery Sophie Ecclestone ‘refused’ to do a television interview Beth Mooney was dropped early in her innings in the first T20 before making what proved a match-winning 75, while there were again a number of misfields.