Freya Kemp Earns Maiden Test Call-Up for South Africa Tour

All-rounder Freya Kemp has been named in her first-ever England Test squad for the upcoming multi-format tour of South Africa. The tour will feature a one-off four-day Test match, three T20Is, and three ODIs. Along with Kemp, opener Maia Bouchier, who has become a regular in England’s white-ball squads, has been named in the Test squad and could make her Test debut.

Kemp’s inclusion comes as a significant achievement in her career, and she will look to contribute both with the bat and ball. In other changes, all-rounder Danielle Gibson misses out on the tour after undergoing knee surgery, but fast bowler Lauren Filer has been included in all three squads. Allrounder Paige Scholfield, who recently made her debut in both T20Is and ODIs in Ireland, has been named in the T20I squad.

The England squad members, except for those involved in the ongoing Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), have been preparing for the tour at Loughborough. The tour will begin with a three-match T20I series starting on November 24, followed by the ODI series from December 4. The one-off Test match, the first Test in South Africa since 2002, will take place from December 15-18 in Bloemfontein.

Squads for the South Africa Tour:

• T20I Squad: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Paige Scholfield, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
• ODI Squad: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
• Test Squad: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge