England
It’s sink or swim time for the new head coach, Jon Lewis, who – like Lisa Keightley and Mark Robinson before him – finds himself faced with the test of a World Cup only a few months into his new role. The series against West Indies revealed some of his thinking: the 22-year-old seamer Lauren Bell is almost certain to take the new ball. On the other hand, precisely what role Katherine Sciver-Brunt will play in her swansong World Cup remains to be seen.