England v West Indies: Heather Knight & Lauren Winfield-Hill named in both white-ball squads

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Heather Knight and Katherine Brunt celebrating a wicket

England skipper Heather Knight volition instrumentality for December's white-ball circuit of the West Indies, portion opener Lauren Winfield-Hill is besides backmost successful the Twenty20 squad.

Winfield-Hill has not played for England since March, but is recalled aft beardown home performances.

Knight returns to pb the broadside aft having hep surgery.

All-rounder Nat Sciver besides comes backmost aft taking a interruption from cricket during the summer.

England play 3 one-day internationals and 5 T20s against West Indies, their archetypal outing nether new manager Jon Lewis.

Fast bowler Katherine Brunt, 37, is included successful the T20 squad but volition miss the ODIs arsenic England proceed to negociate her workload.

Opener Tammy Beaumont, who was dropped from England's T20 broadside for the Commonwealth Games, has lone been selected for the ODIs.

England volition beryllium boosted by Knight's instrumentality aft their summertime ended with a fourth-place decorativeness successful the Commonwealths and a 3-0 bid decision by India, wherever they were evidently lacking the acquisition of Knight and elder players similar Brunt and Sciver.

Northern Diamonds' Winfield-Hill besides provides acquisition and solidity astatine the apical of the bid successful the shorter format, having played 40 T20s for England.

The opener's callback reflects the expanding professionalism of the women's home game, having shone for Oval Invincibles successful The Hundred earlier topping the averages successful the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy to regain her spot successful the England set-up.

The circuit is apt to beryllium the lone competitory cricket that some England and West Indies play earlier the T20 World Cup, which takes spot successful South Africa successful February 2023.

England squads for West Indies white-ball series

ODI squad

Heather Knight (capt), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver, Danni Wyatt.

T20 squad

Heather Knight (capt), Lauren Bell, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt.