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West Ham defender Anouk Denton has received her first senior England call-up ahead of the Lionesses’ friendly with Australia on Tuesday night.

Denton had originally been named in the U23 squad for their WU23 European competition fixtures against Portugal and Germany.

She started in the young Lionesses’ heavy 5-0 defeat to Germany on Thursday night and would have been expected to feature against Portugal tonight.

However, she has received a late call-up to the senior squad and could receive her first cap on Tuesday night.

Why has Anouk Denton been promoted to the senior England team?

Anouk Denton has been promoted to the senior England team but not to replace any players.

The Lionesses saw several withdrawals before their 2-1 defeat to Brazil on Saturday night. The most recent of which was Arsenal’s Lotte Wubben-Moy due to illness on Friday.

There have also been some new call-ups, including Brighton goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley, who was brought up to the squad after Hannah Hampton was ruled out for the Brazil game with a minor elbow injury.

Denton has likely been called up to the squad as the replacement for Wubben-Moy.

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