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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Raf Nicholson

Women’s T20 World Cup: a guide to the 10 teams in South Africa

England’s Alice Capsey, Nida Dar of Pakistan, Australia’s Meg Lanning and Renuka Singh Thakur of India.
Left to right: England’s Alice Capsey, Nida Dar of Pakistan, Australia’s Meg Lanning and Renuka Singh Thakur of India. Composite: Getty Images; Cricket Australia/Getty Images; Photosport/AAP

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.

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