Wilson called up for England

05 August 2015 09:16

Middlesex's Fran Wilson has been added to the England women squad for next week's Kia Ashes Test at Canterbury.

Wilson, with recent scores of 45 against Yorkshire and 64 and 55 against the touring Australians while playing for an England Academy side, replaces Amy Jones in the 14-strong squad in the only change from the Royal London one-day internationals between the sides.

Head of England women's performance Paul Shaw said: "Fran has been in excellent form with the bat for club and county this summer, and in particular has put in a couple of notable performances for the England Women's Academy against the Australians during the 50-over and two-day warm up matches.

"There is no denying that the result of the Kia Women's Test next week will go a long way to determining the overall outcome of this Women's Ashes contest. We have a very strong recent Test record against Australia and this is certainly something that we will take into the match."

Australia lead the multi-format Ashes series four points to two after winning the ODI portion of the contest 2-1. The one-off Test is worth four points to the winners, or two each in the event of a draw, and will be followed by three Twenty20 internationals worth two points apiece.

Source: PA