England Women skipper Heather Knight and vice-captain Nat Sciver return to the squad for the West Indies series

England captain Heather Knight and deputy Nat Sciver have returned to the squad for December’s white-ball tour of the West Indies. At the same time, Lauren Winfield-Hill has been handed a T20 international recall. Knight missed this summer’s Commonwealth Games with a hip injury and then also sat out the matches at home to India in September after undergoing surgery to fix the issue. While all-rounder Sciver withdrew from the India series in order to focus on her mental health.

Knight and Sciver are back for the three one-day internationals. Also, five T20 internationals in the Caribbean will be played between December 4 and December 22. Bowler Katherine Brunt is back in the T20 squad after being rested for the India series. At the same time, top-order batter Winfield-Hill has been rewarded for successful Hundred, Big Bash and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy tournaments with a recall to the T20 squad and could make her first England appearance in that format since 2020.

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Heather Knight and Nat Sciver return to England squad for tour of West Indies

Winfield-Hill lost her central contract for the 2022-23 season and has not played for her country since March. When she was dismissed for 12 against West Indies during the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand. The T20 internationals will take on added importance as England prepare for February’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. The tournament they will be aiming to win for the first time since 2009.

The games against West Indies will be the first since Jon Lewis succeeded Lisa Keightley as head coach. With Keightley stepping down from the role after three years in charge.

England ODI squad

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

England T20 squad

Heather Knight (captain), 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