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Follow UsTilly Corteen-Coleman, who impressed everyone with her left-arm spin in this year’s Hundred Women's Competition, has been named in England’s squad for the Women's Under-19 World Cup, which will be played in Malaysia early next year.
Playing for Southern Brave Women, the 17-year-old scalped six wickets in eight games at an average of 31 and an economy of 8.26. She even managed to dismiss former Australia skipper Meg Lanning. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024, Coleman claimed 16 wickets in 11 games at an average of 13.3.
England finished as the runners-up of the inaugural edition of the Women's Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, where they lost to India in the final. Meanwhile, next year’s 16-team tournament will get underway on January 18 and will go on till February 2. A total of 41 matches will be played in the space of 15 days.
Performance Lead for the women's Under-19 set-up, Chris Guest, said: "What excites me most about working with the under-19 age group is the constant cycle of new talent and new groups coming through. We've named a squad which features some players who have been involved at this age group before and some who haven't.
"This World Cup is a part of these players' journey, not the end or the start and our message to them is to embrace the challenge, evolve ourselves and enjoy the ride. Naturally we want to do well but the programme is about developing these players in the future and for the long-term.
"It was really exciting to see Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Hannah Baker, Seren Smale and Charis Pavely feature for the senior team in Ireland after representing the U19s in the first edition of this World Cup in 2023 and this acts as real inspiration for this group and demonstrates how important this tournament can be for a player's development."
Meanwhile, Head of England Women Performance Pathways, Richard Bedbrook, added: "It is always an exciting time to be able to name an U19 World Cup squad and all those chosen, including the non-travelling reserve group, can be very proud of this achievement.
"The quality in the group highlights the work of each of the regional teams across both their senior and Academy environments and I, plus colleagues, are indebted to them on the development work they continue to put in.
"We hope each individual takes a huge amount from the experience they are about to have and uses it to continue developing themselves as a person and player.
"This also goes for the staff group, a number of whom across various roles are also employees of the Regional teams and who will hopefully take huge amounts of experience and enjoyment from being a part of the programme."
England are placed in Group B alongside Pakistan, Ireland and the USA.
Squad: Phoebe Brett (Central Sparks), Olivia Brinsden (Thunder), Tilly Corteen-Coleman (South East Stars), Trudy Johnson (Northern Diamonds), Katie Jones (Western Storm), Charlotte Lambert (South East Stars), Abi Norgrove (Southern Vipers), Eve O'Neill (Southern Vipers), Davina Perrin (Central Sparks), Jemima Spence (South East Stars), Charlotte Stubbs (South East Stars), Amuruthaa Surenkumar (Sunrisers), Prisha Thanawala (The Blaze), Erin Thomas (Northern Diamonds), Grace Thompson (Northern Diamonds)
Non-travelling reserves: Maria Andrews (The Blaze), Sophie Beech (Central Sparks), Daisy Gibb (Southern Vipers), Poppy Tulloch (Southern Vipers), Annie Williams (The Blaze)
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