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Sophie Ecclestone: England spinner says she has "moved on" from refusal to do interview

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Sophie Ecclestone refused to do an interview with Alex Hartley during the Women's Ashes in January .

Hartley was working as a pundit for the BBC and other networks during England 's 16 -0 thrashing in Australia .

England were already 6 -0 down in the multi-format points-based series at the time of the incident.

England women's cricket chief Clare Connor described the episode as "an unfortunate incident that won't happen again" Hartley questioned the fitness levels of some of England 's players following their early exit from the T20 World Cup last year .

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