International cricketer Kate Cross dropped in to a primary school to share some tips with the next generation of female cricketers.

Kate, who plays for England Women’s Cricket Club and Lancashire Women’s Cricket Club, spent the morning with junior and senior students playing cricket.

Amelia Henning, from year seven, was thrilled to meet the cricket star.

She said: “It was a brilliant experience to train with Kate and we all learnt so much more about cricket, especially for girls.”

David Johnson, head of PE at the school, said: “It was an honour and a privilege to welcome Kate Cross, an England Cricketer, to Beech Hall School and to share the enthusiasm she instilled into our girl cricketers, whilst training with them during the morning

“Kate is an example to everyone – you can be successful and aspire to achieve if you have the passion, motivation and determination to reach the top.”

Kate is the daughter of former professional footballer David Cross. She won the Eversheds most promising young cricketer award in 2007 having broken into the England Development side aged 15.

She began playing cricket at the age of eight, was chosen for the Lancashire women U13 team when she was ten and made her debut for the senior side at 13.

Kate was then called up to England women’s tour of Australia in January 2011.She told the pupils that, when she was growing up, there were no girls teams , so she had to play cricket with the boys.

She also told them that her main inspiration was for the sport was indeed Freddie Flintoff.