In April of this year, she became an honorary life member of MCC.

We are delighted to welcome Jhulan, Heather and Eoin to the World Cricket Committee, MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Gatting said in a release.

These are three players who have excelled at the highest level of the international game, and their knowledge of how elite level cricket works will be an asset to the committee.

It is also important that we increase women’s representation on the committee given the growth of women’s cricket in recent years. Julan and Heather will be joined by Claire Connor and Susie Bates, who can speak firsthand about the women’s game. The WCC meeting will take place on Monday and Tuesday at Lord’s ahead of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia, and the various results of the meeting will be reported after the match