England name Smith and Heath in T20 World Cup squad

England person named spinner Linsey Smith and wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath successful their squad for October's T20 World Cup successful nan United Arab Emirates.

Left-armer Smith, 29, was recalled by England aft a five-year absence earlier this year, while 23-year-old Heath played nan past of her 4 T20 internationals successful March.

The group contains 4 frontline spinners, but only 1 master gait bowler successful Lauren Bell, pinch different seam options coming from Nat Sciver-Brunt, Freya Kemp and Danielle Gibson.

In a motion of England’s consistency of selection, nan squad is almost identical to nan 1 that hit New Zealand 5-0 successful July.

Only Lauren Filer misses retired and nan gait bowler will recreation for nan training campy successful Abu Dhabi.

England person been grouped pinch Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies and Scotland for nan tourney successful Sharjah and Dubai.

Heather Knight’s squad statesman their run against Bangladesh connected 5 October successful Sharjah.

The title was moved to UAE from Bangladesh because of civilian unrest successful nan country.

As expected, location is nary spot successful nan World Cup squad for opener Tammy Beaumont and gait bowler Kate Cross, but some are included successful almost wholly abstracted squads for nan circuit of Ireland successful September.

Cross will skipper that team, which includes only Heath and all-rounder Kemp from nan World Cup squad, and moreover past for only nan one-day world limb of nan tour.

Spinners Hannah Baker, Georgia Davis and Charis Pavely, seamer Ryana MacDonald-Gay, batter Paige Scholfield, all-rounder Georgia Adams and wicketkeeper Seren Smale are each successful statement to triumph their first England caps.

England play 3 T20s successful Belfast from 7 September, followed by 2 ODIS successful Dublin.

October

5 Bangladesh v England (11:00 BST)

7 England v South Africa (15:00 BST)

13 England v Scotland (11:00 BST)

15 England v West Indies (15:00 BST)