Lauren Filer in line for ODI debut with Women’s Ashes on the road
Fast bowler Lauren Filer is in line for her England white-ball debut, within the wake of her fiery efficiency within the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge final month, after being named in a 15-person squad for the three ODIs towards Australia subsequent week.
Filer, who touched speeds in extra of 75mph at Trent Bridge to reside as much as her fame because the quickest feminine bowler within the nation, comes into the reckoning with England needing a 3-0 clear sweep of the ODI sequence if they’re to reclaim the Ashes for the primary time since 2015.
With the onus on victory, Filer might conceivably be unleashed alongside her fellow fast, 21-year-old Issy Wong, who was neglected for the Test and hasn’t featured for England because the T20I leg of their tour of West Indies in December.
Also included is the opening batter, Tammy Beaumont, whose England-record 208 underpinned her aspect’s sturdy first-innings batting show within the Test match, which Australia finally received by 89 runs to say 4 factors in the direction of their Ashes defence.
Beaumont underlined her sturdy white-ball kind with a match-winning 83 not out from 62 balls for The Blaze towards Northern Diamonds within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final week, and having missed the T20I leg of the Ashes, is about to renew her place on the prime of the 50-over batting order.
England head into the ODIs with confidence after coming from behind to seal an exhilarating 2-1 victory within the T20Is, Australia’s first loss in any sequence because the corresponding leg of the 2017-18 Ashes.
That leg was performed out in entrance of a sequence of crowds within the area of 20,000 at Edgbaston, The Oval and Lord’s, and Heather Knight’s staff are hopeful of comparable help at Bristol (July 12), Southampton (July 16) and Taunton (July 18), all of that are sell-outs.
Head coach Jon Lewis mentioned: “We were delighted with our T20 series win and look forward to the next stage of the Ashes with everything to play for.
“We’re happy to welcome Tammy (Beaumont) and Lauren (Filer) again into the group. Tammy confirmed her high quality in the course of the Test match along with her double-hundred whereas Lauren provides us actual tempo in our bowling alongside Issy (Wong).
“The support the team have received throughout the series so far has been incredible and it is fitting to finish with this deciding ODI campaign as the first sell-out series in England Women’s history.
“We respect Australia and know that this a part of the Ashes sequence will once more be a giant problem. However, we take a substantial amount of confidence and perception from our latest T20 victories and can, as all the time, be making an attempt to placed on an awesome exhibiting for our followers.”
England squad: Heather Knight (capt), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Issy Wong, Danielle Wyatt