Bowler Filer to make debut in Women's Ashes Test

Western Storm bowler Lauren Filer will make her England debut in the Ashes Test against Australia, that starts at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

Batter Danni Wyatt, 32, will also make her Test debut, having played 245 white-ball games for England.

Filer is joined by Kate Cross and Lauren Bell in the seam attack.

Left-armer Sophie Ecclestone is the spin option, with all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt adding another pace dimension to England's team.

All-rounder Danielle Gibson and pace bowler Issy Wong have been left out from England's reduced 13-player squad, while Alice Capsey and Alice Davidson-Richards were released earlier in the week to join the A squad.

England team to play Australia: Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Heather Knight (captain), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell.

Filer was a surprise call-up when the squad was initially announced, with head coach Jon Lewis highlighting her extra pace made her a "genuine wicket-taking threat" and gave the attack "a point of difference that could impact a Test match at any point in the game".

She took 11 wickets in six Rachel Heyhoe-Flint Trophy matches last season, alongside one wicket in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Wyatt makes her red-ball debut having scored over 4,000 international runs across formats, adding depth to England's batting.

She has been preferred to Gibson, who though more than capable with bat, is more of a bowling all-rounder.

The Test marks the beginning of the multi-format series and England trying to regain the Ashes from Australia.

Four points are on offer in the Test with two points per win handed out in the three T20s and three one-day internationals that follow.

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