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Three of Kent Women's County Championship title-winning side have been named in the England squad ahead of the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies.
The squad of 15 for the first two ODIs includes places for Horses skipper Tammy Beaumont as well as teammates Laura Marsh and Fran Wilson.
England will begin their series on Thursday, June 6 at Grace Road, Leicester before taking to Worcester's Blackfinch New Road for the second meeting between the sides.
Beaumont finished the county championship season with 243 runs and a high score of 87 across six innings, while Wilson registered a team-high 257 and a top score of 83 from her five innings.
Marsh also contributed 122 runs across the campaign as well as registering nine wickets.
In regards to their international records, Beaumont enters the matches with an ODI top score of 168 not out and a total of 1,986 across her 55 innings since 2009.
Wilson meanwhile has 327 runs from 23 matches in the format, with Marsh also boasting 629 runs and 121 wickets from 98 games.
The ODIs against West Indies form part of the ICC Women's Championship, with England currently sitting second in the table on 18 points knowing two more wins will secure qualification for the 2021 ICC Women's World Cup in New Zealand.
Captain Heather Knight said: "It's a massive summer for us and we're hugely excited to get going.
"We got ourselves into a really good place towards the back-end of the India trip and then throughout Sri Lanka and I want us to maintain those levels this summer.
"West Indies will be a big test so we'll need to be at our best but we've continued to grow and progress as a team and we're confident about what we can bring to the table.
"The first step is qualifying for the ICC Women's World Cup before we can begin to think about the IT20s and reclaiming the Ashes."
Full England squad:
England Women's squad in full: Heather Knight (Berkshire, captain), Tammy Beaumont (Kent), Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire), Kate Cross (Lancashire), Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire), Alex Hartley (Lancashire), Jenny Gunn (Nottinghamshire), Amy Jones (Warwickshire), Laura Marsh (Kent), Nat Sciver (Surrey), Anya Shrubsole (Berkshire), Sarah Taylor (Sussex, wicketkeeper), Fran Wilson (Kent), Lauren Winfield (Yorkshire), Danni Wyatt (Sussex).
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