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Maia Bouchier and Freya Kemp could marque their Test debuts aft being included successful the squad for England's circuit of South Africa.
Batter Bouchier, 25, and 19-year-old all-rounder Kemp are the 2 uncapped members of a 13-player radical for the sole Test successful the multi-format tour.
Both players are besides included for the 3 T20s and 3 one-day internationals but, arsenic expected, Alice Capsey is omitted from the T20 and Test list.
Batter Paige Scholfield is named for the T20s aft making her England debut against Ireland successful September, all-rounder Danielle Gibson misses retired pursuing genu country and gait bowler Lauren Filer is included successful each 3 squads.
Filer was not portion of the squad that suffered a shambolic group-stage exit astatine the T20 World Cup past month.
All-rounder Capsey, 20, is the highest-profile casualty from that tournament, erstwhile England failed to marque it retired of their group.
Bouchier, who has played 51 white-ball games for England, could play a Test for the archetypal clip arsenic portion of the apical six. It was Bouchier who enactment down 3 of England's 5 dropped catches successful the T20 World Cup decision by West Indies.
Kemp, a left-hand batter and left-arm seamer, archetypal played for England successful limited-overs cricket arsenic a 17-year-old and is backmost to afloat bowling fittingness aft a backmost injury.
England question to South Africa connected 16 November, with the bid opening connected 24 November.
It volition signifier the last portion of their build-up to the Ashes bid successful Australia successful aboriginal 2025.
England are besides owed to denote a caller database of cardinal contracts, deals that volition see wage rises for the players.
England T20 squad: Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Paige Scholfield, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
England ODI squad: Heather Knight (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
England Test lucifer squad: Heather Knight (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
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