Davina Perrin has been left out of the England squad introduced for the Women’s T20 World Cup squad, however uncapped teenager Tilly Corteen-Coleman is included..
Nat Sciver-Brunt will captain the squad on house soil at her seventh T20 World Cup.
She is joined within the squad by uncapped 18-year-old Surrey spinner Corteen-Coleman, Warwickshire’s Issy Wong and Durham’s Lauren Filer, who’re all chosen in a T20 World Cup squad for the primary time.
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Surrey’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge will play in her eighth T20 World Cup.
Somerset’s Charlie Dean is the vice-captain and joins an inventory of spectacular all-round cricketers within the squad, with Hampshire quick bowler Lauren Bell set to steer the assault.
England Squad
- Lauren Bell, Bowler
- Alice Capsey, All-Rounder
- Nat Sciver-Brunt, Captain and All-Rounder
- Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Batter
- Lauren Filer, Bowler
- Amy Jones, Wicketkeeper
- Heather Knight, Batter
- Freya Kemp, All-Rounder
- Sophia Dunkley, Batter
- Sophie Ecclestone, Bowler
- Charlie Dean, All-Rounder
- Linsey Smith, Bowler
- Dani Gibson, All-Rounder
- Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Bowler
- Issy Wong, Bowler
Head coach Charlotte Edwards mentioned: “There is little question that it has been extremely powerful to get to those 15 names. This is the toughest set of choice conferences I’ve been part of as a result of the pool of gamers to select from is so robust and so many gifted gamers have put their hand as much as be part of the squad, which is precisely what we wish. That is the character of world-class sport, and it is a privilege we do not take calmly to have the ability to make these troublesome selections.
“An ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 on home soil is a special moment for the game in this country, and we are all really motivated by what could be ahead for this group of players and what they can achieve this summer.”
Sciver-Brunt added: “It is a huge honour to be leading England into a T20 World Cup at home in front of family and friends and all our passionate supporters.
“We have all been wanting ahead to this summer time and this event for a while now and the naming of the squad means it is nearly right here and we won’t wait to get out onto the sphere and provides it all the pieces to win this World Cup once more.
“I know how much winning in 2009 meant to the players and to Charlotte Edwards as captain, and being in the team under Heather Knight’s leadership for the 2017 ODI World Cup win was incredibly special.
“Now the intention is to do one thing comparable with this improbable group of gamers who I do know are placing their coronary heart and soul into reaching our aim, and that tough work will proceed proper all through the summer time as we begin with video games in opposition to New Zealand and India earlier than that event begins.”
‘Sciver-Brunt and Bell England’s gamers to observe out for’
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Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton says house facet England are positively within the shake up for achievement
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“I’ve got to go with the captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt. It’s very important at a home tournament, with a lot of scrutiny, a lot of pressure, a lot of expectation.
“The captain and the chief as a driving drive and clearly the most effective gamers as properly, which Nat Sciver-Brunt is.
“Opening bowler Lauren Bell, in English conditions, opening bowling, it’s very important to find that movement with the new ball.”
Knight: Landscape of women’s sport changed – England want World Cup legacy
Heather Knight desires England girls to emulate the Lionesses and Red Roses this summer time
Heather Knight has informed Sky Sports England’s ambition at their house Women’s T20 World Cup beginning in June is to “create a real legacy for women’s cricket in this country,” emulating the Lionesses and Red Roses.
The 35-year-old says the panorama of girls’s sport has modified significantly since 2017 and her facet’s World Cup triumph, with England’s Lionesses profitable back-to-back Euros titles in 2022 and 2025 – the primary in entrance of a sold-out Wembley – and the Red Roses securing the Rugby World Cup title at a Twickenham full home final September.
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Recap the second England exited the T20 Women’s World Cup in 2024 as West Indies have been jubilant, whereas Heather Knight was left in tears
“The focus now is women’s cricket at the World Cup so it’s really exciting, not too far away now and a chance for us to do something really special as a side,” Knight informed Sky Sports.
“Home support was huge for us in 2017, the way the crowds built and the final at Lord’s, it’s super special.
“It’s an opportunity to have an actual impression on the game in your nation and depart a legacy. If we do our job proper and have success this summer time we are able to depart an actual legacy on the game of girls’s cricket on this nation.
“It took a little bit of time for that success to see changes and I think the landscape is very different now and – particularly in women’s cricket – there’s the structure beneath the game, the domestic game’s professional. It’s a lot more normal to be a women’s cricketer, there’s a lot more visibility.
“You’d hope now if we’ve got that success and issues go properly for us the constructions are in place to benefit from it and actually make it an enormous second. We’ve seen what the Lionesses and Red Roses have carried out, I’ve adopted these very carefully and know a number of the gamers.
“We want to do something similar and hopefully inspire kids to make a girl in cricket really normal and really great.”
ODI and IT20 collection in opposition to New Zealand
In addition to the T20 World Cup squad, the selectors have additionally named their squads for the Metro Bank One Day collection in opposition to New Zealand and the 2 Vitality IT20 collection in opposition to New Zealand and India that observe.
At the beginning of a brand new ODI World Cup cycle, 5 gamers are added to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup squad for the three-match Metro Bank ODI collection, with first worldwide call-ups for Kira Chathli and Jodi Grewcock.
Sophia Dunkley, Charlie Dean and Danni Wyatt-Hodge will miss the ODI collection to handle their workloads, and within the case of Wyatt-Hodge the upcoming arrival of her first child.
Sarah Glenn was not thought-about for choice on account of her continued restoration from a damaged finger damage.
England Women’s Metro Bank ODI Squad v NZ
- Nat Sciver-Brunt, The Blaze (Capt)
- Em Arlott, Warwickshire
- Lauren Bell, Hampshire
- Alice Capsey, Surrey
- Kira Chathli, Surrey
- Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Surrey
- Charlie Dean, Somerset
- Sophia Dunkley, Surrey
- Sophie Ecclestone, Lancashire
- Lauren Filer, Durham
- Mahika Gaur, Lancashire
- Dani Gibson, Somerset
- Jodi Grewcock, Essex
- Amy Jones, The Blaze
- Freya Kemp, Hampshire
- Heather Knight, Somerset
- Emma Lamb, Lancashire
- Linsey Smith, Hampshire
- Issy Wong, Warwickshire
- Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Surrey
The squad for the Vitality IT20s v NZ and India is the identical as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup squad.
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