Sarah Glenn has set her sights on an England return

The leg-spinner missed a significant part of the season after picking up the injury on her bowling hand when she had a ball hit back at her during an England training camp in the winter.

However, Glenn made her comeback for her new county in June before taking seven wickets in nine matches for Southern Brave during this year’s The Hundred.

The 27-year-old has taken 112 wickets across 92 England appearances across both ODI and T20 formats but has not featured for her county since October 2025.

Now back fully fit, and with the visit of Australia on the horizon, Glenn, who has played in three previous Ashes series, including the 8-8 draw on home soil in 2023, is determined to force her way into head coach Charlotte Edwards’ plans.

“Regaining my England place is my ambition and doing that sooner rather than later would be awesome, but I also know that I’ve missed a lot of cricket this year and I need to get a lot of performances under my belt again,” said Glenn, speaking at Metro Bank’s Girls in Cricket Fund networking event held at Hampshire’s Utilita Bowl on 19 September.

“It would be really special [to make the Ashes squad]. I’ve been a part of the home Ashes before, and I remember it being really cool. So, to be a part of that again would be amazing.”

The Women’s Ashes gets underway on 24 June with the sole Test taking place at Headingley, before a trio of T20Is is followed by three ODIs.

And with England having not won the contest with the old enemy since 2014, and having also lost the recent Women’s T20 World Cup final to Shelley Nitschke’s outfit, Glenn knows that everyone involved within the international set-up is chomping at the bit to end 12 years of pain against the Southern Stars.

“The ambition is to win the Ashes and get them back. You saw the strides the team made during the T20 World Cup. They’re getting out of difficult situations and dealing with pressure better now. For them, it’s just self-belief when it comes to playing the world’s best.”

Glenn has also backed fellow spinner Charlie Dean, praising her leadership qualities after assuming the captaincy in the absence of Nat Sciver-Brunt at various points across the summer, including during the Women’s T20 World Cup.

“I was really proud of her,” Glenn added of Dean, who most recently led the ODI squad to a 3-0 win over Ireland earlier this month. “I wasn’t surprised with how well she did. She’s a great teammate, a great friend, and I’ve built that friendship off the field as well.

“How she is on the field and off the field is just completely the same. And that’s really key as a captain, and I was very proud of how she did.”