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He steps up to lead England despite only previously skippering Surrey in one first-class and eight T20 matches.

Pope has led Surrey in one County Championship match in 2021 and eight times in the T20 Blast this season, skippering a side including Lawrence.

He was skippering a Spanish-registered yacht intercepted by the French navy on 18 December, around 1,200 miles east of Martinique in the Atlantic.

Williamson, 25, who plays for Women's Super League side Arsenal as well as skippering the Lionesses, said she hoped the award would help her to continue inspiring the next generation of sportswomen.

It said one was suspected of skippering the vessel, and the other of assisting him.