Euro 2022 legends Bronze and Bright make England World Cup squad but Beth Mead misses out

Both were serious doubts for the tournament on July 20 after undergoing recent knee surgeries, but manager Sarina Wiegman will rely on them.

However, Beth Mead hasn't been named as she continues to recover from ACL surgery.

The news comes as a blow to Wiegman and the England squad, who are without a number of big names due to injury.

Captain Leah Williamson misses out through a similar ACL injury, while Fran Kirby also has a knee problem.

But Bright and Bronze's inclusion will be a huge boost to the 23-woman squad.

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The announcement sees 16 of the Euro 2022 squad making the cut, while Niamh Charles, Laura Coombs, Lauren James, Esme Morgan, Katie Robinson and Katie Zelem will all be playing at their first major tournament.

The triumph at Wembley was part of Wiegman's astonishing 26-game unbeaten run as Lionesses boss, which ended with a friendly defeat to Australia.

Such performances saw England as one of the favourites for the World Cup, yet despite such big injuries, bookmakers still have the team second favourites behind four-time record winners the USA.

Speaking at the squad announcement in Boldmere, the Lionesses manager said: "I have huge belief in this squad and we're very fortunate to be selecting a fantastic group of players to travel to Australia.

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"We know we will face tough challenges from strong teams, and we will have to be competitive from the first match on 22 July. We will do

everything to be at our very best again this summer.

"It is important the players get some well-deserved time to rest and recover over the next few weeks before we start the final preparations to get them ready.

"We learned a lot of positive lessons about how to get the players fit, fresh and ready from the EURO last summer and we know what we have to do to make sure we hit the ground running in the

right way when the tournament starts."