9 Jan 2011

New cap for Silver Ferns' English tour

4:03 pm on 9 January 2011

Uncapped midcourter Camilla Lees has been added to the Silver Ferns 12-player squad, who leave for England tonight for a three-Test series.

Lees replaces Grace Rasmussen who's unavailable due to an ankle injury.

The three-Test series will be the first matches for the Ferns since their gold medal win over Australia at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October.

The first Test is next Sunday in Manchester.

Silver Ferns: Leana de Bruin, Katrina Grant, Joline Henry, Laura Langman, Liana Leota (nee Barrett-Chase), Camilla Lees, Anna Scarlett, Anna Thompson, Maria Tutaia, Irene van Dyk, Casey Williams (captain), Daneka Wipiiti