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England is set to host a historic summer of women's cricket, featuring a home World Cup and a maiden women's Test at Lord's. The ODI series against New Zealand begins on June 12, with key players like Charlie Dean stepping up due to injuries.
Historic occasions are like buses: you spend ages twiddling your thumbs and then two come along at once. England have waited nine years for another home World Cup, wallowing all the while in memories of their win in 2017, and almost a century for a maiden womenâs Test at Lordâs. Now both are being thrust upon them over the space of a single month, from 12 June to 13 July, in a true summer bonanza for womenâs cricket.
First, though, a T20 World Cup dress rehearsal: three one-day internationals against New Zealand, followed by three Twenty20s against the same opposition, and another three against India. The 50-over series, which begins on Sunday in Durham, feels a little as if it has been plonked thoughtlessly into the calendar. The wicketkeeper Kira Chathli and all-rounder Jodi Grewcock could make their England debuts â after all, the head coach, Charlotte Edwards, promised us she would âlook to the futureâ after Englandâs drubbing in last yearâs 50-over World Cup semi-final. But right now, no one in the England management has much bandwidth to plan for anything other than the possibility of reaching a home final at Lordâs on 5 July.
All eyes are really on the first of the T20s against New Zealand, on 20 May at Derby, which will tell us a lot about where Edwardsâs head is at when it comes to her World Cup starting XI. Expect to see a team here that is full of familiar faces: the only potential debutant in the World Cup squad is the 18-year-old left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman, and she is locked in a fight with her fellow left-armers Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith for a spot.
The big ODI news is that the vice-captain, Charlie Dean, will be at the helm, after Nat Sciver-Brunt picked up a calf tear during a rare outing for the Blaze, her domestic team, last month. The fact that Dean was originally scheduled to miss the ODI series to âmanage her workloadâ but must now double it may raise eyebrows. Nevertheless, this is a huge moment for Dean, who has never captained a professional 50-over game before and now has the chance to prove to Edwards that she really is the England captain in waiting across all formats.
Sciver-Bruntâs injury is being described by the England and Wales Cricket Board as minor, with her availability for the T20s to be determined âin due courseâ. For the sake of their World Cup chances, they had better hope it doesnât spiral into anything major. Even the prospect of Englandâs best batter (and their captain) missing a home World Cup will be enough to keep Edwards awake at night. And there are plenty of other injury scenarios to fret over.
England will host a home World Cup and a women's Test at Lord's for the first time, marking a historic moment in women's cricket.
Charlie Dean will captain England in the ODI series against New Zealand due to Nat Sciver-Brunt's calf injury.
The T20 series against New Zealand begins on May 20 at Derby.
Nat Sciver-Brunt's injury could significantly affect England's World Cup chances, as she is their best batter and captain.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt sustained a âminorâ injury while bowling for the Blaze against Warwickshire late last month. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Will the left-arm seamer Freya Kemp, who has suffered multiple stress fractures in her back over the past three years, really be fit to bowl â despite having not done so in domestic cricket this year? If the wicketkeeper Amy Jones pulls up just before the toss in a World Cup game, is Alice Capsey really ready to take the gloves, with all the pressure that would entail, having literally never performed the role at professional level? Itâs no wonder that Edwards recently joked that this job had given her a few more grey hairs.
Meanwhile, how have England been preparing for their biggest summer? Bizarrely, by taking part in a bootcamp run by the British army at Sandhurst. Clare Connor, the ECBâs managing director of womenâs cricket, said that the multi-day programme would focus on âdecision-making, resilience and delivering high performance under pressureâ, though the photos that appeared on the playersâ social media last week gave the impression that the main activity was crawling through mud dressed in camouflage gear. (Sciver-Brunt, we are told, did not take part in this element of the programme.)
Englandâs readiness for the World Cup will soon become clearer. New Zealand are the defending champions and their captain, Melie Kerr, has already smashed two T20 hundreds this year. India are inconsistent but outplayed England last summer and handed Australia a rare T20 series defeat at home in February.
For England, a summer such as this offers opportunity: the chance to inspire the nation in the way the Lionesses and Red Roses did before them. But there is also jeopardy. The ECB is putting a brave face on it, but if it is to achieve the legacy it wants from this summer â that is, breaking womenâs cricket into the mainstream â results on the pitch will really matter.
Back in 2022, the Commonwealth Games organisers deliberately structured the programme so that the penultimate day, dubbed âSuper Sundayâ, featured both the womenâs hockey and womenâs cricket finals â a moment in the sun for English womenâs sport. Except the England cricketers were knocked out on the Saturday, medal-less, leaving hockey to win gold and take the spotlight. Letâs hope Edwards and Sciver-Brunt have read the script this time.