ENGLAND ANNOUNCE LINE UP TO FACE GERMANY

England's women play Germany at Cannock on Thursday and Saturday and the squad for those matches has been announced. The squad is a mixture of old hands and comparative newcomers, with Canterbury's Mel Clewlow leading the count of caps with 207 and Doncaster's Joe Ellis and Leicester's Kerry Williams on 3 and 2 respectively. England's recent form against the Germans has not been good, but penalty corner strikers Clewlow and Crista Cullen were on good form against Japan last Friday and England may snatch a goal or two from corners. But the Germans are far stiffer opposition, with world class players of the quality Keller and Rinne available to them and England will have to tighten up on their passing if they are not to be punished.