Women’s T20 World Cup: England questions before the tournament

On the bigger picture, the most important one-day international series against New Zealand was the arrival of 18-year-old spinner Tilly Courtin-Coleman on the international stage.

she is He first saw it easily on Chester-le-Street.It was a huge boost for Edwards, who has long touted her spin skills, when she admitted she could have played a better ball.

Her arrival leaves Edwards with a difficult decision.

Fitness permitting, Sophie Ecclestone still looks like a guaranteed starter in England’s World Cup XI, but who will join her in the spin?

The other candidate is England’s number three left-arm spinner Lindsay Smith.

Smith, a shorter, slingier spinner compared to the more Ecclestone-like Courteen-Coleman, was England’s best bowler in last year’s 50-over World Cup and her bowling ability is a power play – she won more than half of her World Cups with the new ball last autumn and took seven of her 13 wickets, including two more than that.

It will be a big call to pick the 18-year-old, but Courtin-Coleman hasn’t done her any harm.

Earlier this year, she took 1-18 in four overs in T20s as she scored 427 runs in England’s intramural camp in South Africa.

Of course you can play all three left-backs, but that leaves vice-captain Charlie Dean with a potentially problematic long tail.