YOUNG Rosie Reynolds had a dream day last weekend when she met the England Women’s team which is taking on Australia in the Ashes Series this month.

Ten-year-old Rosie, of Corse and Staunton, was one of just 11 young female cricketers across the country who won a special trip to Loughborough where they trained with the national squad before watching them play Australia A in their final warm-up before yesterday’s Ashes opener.

Rosie was chosen to represent Gloucestershire in a competition launched in March where girls between seven and 11 years of age were invited to say why they deserved to be part of the day, hastagged as ‘HeathersPride’.

She was accompanied by her family and mum Stephanie said she had a tremendous experience and found she had something unique in common with England captain Heather Knight.

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