England Women name teams for tour of New Zealand

England Women have named two T20 squads and one ODI squad for their tour to New Zealand to take on the White Ferns.

Head Coach Jon Lewis will be leading the UP Warriorz in this season's WPL and will join up with England on the 12th of March for a week of preparation ahead of their first ever IT20.

The tour kicks off in Dunedin. Further games will be played in Nelson, Wellington and Hamilton.

The England Women's A squad for the tour has also been named, with Blaze captain Kirstie Gordon leading the A side in the IT20s, while Sunrisers' Grace Scrivens will be in charge of the ODIs.

The squad also includes Tash Farrant and Emma Lamb. Farrant returns from a stress fracture to continue her return to bowling. Lamb continues her comeback from lower back surgery.

Freya Kemp will tour with the A Group batting only after re-aggravating a back injury. A key part of her return to full fitness will be managing her workload over the next few months.

The A side, coached by former Durham head coach and current ECB performance batting coach Jon Lewis, will play three T20s and three 50-over matches in Queenstown, Dunedin and Nelson.

IT20 squad for the first-three matches

Hollie Armitage (Northern Diamonds)
Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)
Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers)
Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers)
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars)
Lauren Filer (Western Storm)
Danielle Gibson (Western Storm)
Sarah Glenn (The Blaze)
Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds)
Amy Jones (Central Sparks)
Heather Knight (captain; Western Storm)
Linsey Smith (Southern Vipers)

IT20 squad for fourth and fifth matches

Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)
Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers)
Alice Capsey (South East Stars)
Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers)
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars)
Sophie Ecclestone (Thunder)
Lauren Filer (Western Storm)
Danielle Gibson (Western Storm)
Sarah Glenn (The Blaze)
Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds)
Amy Jones (Central Sparks)
Heather Knight (captain; Western Storm)
Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)
Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)

ODI squad

Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)
Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers)
Alice Capsey (South East Stars)
Kate Cross (Thunder)
Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers)
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars)
Sophie Ecclestone (Thunder)
Lauren Filer (Western Storm)
Danielle Gibson (Western Storm)
Sarah Glenn (The Blaze)
Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds)
Amy Jones (Central Sparks)
Heather Knight (captain; Western Storm)
Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)
Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)

England Women A squad

Georgia Adams (Southern Vipers)
Hannah Baker (Central Sparks)
Alice Davidson-Richards (South East Stars)
Tash Farrant (South East Stars)
Kirstie Gordon (IT20 captain; The Blaze)
Freya Kemp (Southern Vipers)
Emma Lamb (Thunder)
Ryana MacDonald-Gay (South East Stars)
Sophie Munro (The Blaze)
Grace Potts (Central Sparks)
Paige Schofield (South East Stars)
Grace Scrivens (ODI captain; Sunrisers)
Seren Smale (Thunder)
Rhianna Southby (Southern Vipers)
Mady Villiers (Sunrisers)

England Women fixtures (all timings in GMT)

19 March - 1st IT20 - Dunedin - 1am
22 March - 2nd IT20 - Nelson - 1am
24 March - 3rd IT20 - Nelson - 1am
27 March - 4th IT20 - Wellington - 1am
29 March - 5th IT20 - Wellington - 1am
31 March - 1st ODI - Wellington - 11pm
3 April - 2nd ODI - Hamilton - 11pm
6 April - 3rd ODI - Hamilton - 11pm

England Women A fixtures (all start timings GMT)

16 March - 1st IT20 - Queenstown - 12am
17 March - 2nd IT20 - Queenstown - 12am
20 March - 3rd IT20 - Queenstown - 12am
23 March - 1st ODI - Dunedin - 10pm
28 March - 2nd ODI - Nelson - 10pm
30 March - 3rd ODI - Nelson - 10pm