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

Looking at the bigger picture, the highlight of the one-day international series against New Zealand was the emergence of 18-year-old spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman onto the international stage.

The fact that he looked so comfortable on his debut at Chester-le-Street and was able to concede that he could bowl better was a huge boost for Edwards, who has long spoken of the spinner’s abilities.

His emergence leaves Edwards facing a difficult decision.

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

The other candidate is England’s third left-arm spinner Linsey Smith.

A shorter and more agile spinner than the Ecclestone-like Corteen-Coleman, Smith was arguably England’s best bowler in last year’s 50-over World Cup, and his bowling skills in the powerplay – he scored more than half his runs with the new ball in last autumn’s World Cup and took seven of his 13 wickets at that stage – are arguably more relevant in T20s than ODIs.

Going for the 18-year-old would have been a big decision, but Corteen-Coleman did him no harm.

He took 1-18 from four overs in a T20 when 427 runs were made at England’s intra-squad camp in South Africa earlier this year.

Of course you could play all three left-armers, but that would probably mean leaving out vice-captain Charlie Dean and having a problematically long tailback.