England Women have officially announced their 15-player squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be held on home soil from June 12 to July 5. Nat Sciver-Brunt will captain the side, while Charlie Dean has been named vice-captain, with Hampshire fast bowler Lauren Bell set to lead the attack.
The headline selection comes in the form of uncapped 18-year-old Surrey spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman, who joins Warwickshire’s Issy Wong and Durham’s Lauren Filer in being selected for a T20 World Cup squad for the first time.
Corteen-Coleman’s inclusion is richly deserved as the left-arm spinner played every match during England’s intra-squad series in Pretoria, which was billed as the players’ big chance to push for World Cup selection.
England Head Coach Charlotte Edwards Calls ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Selection the Hardest of Her Career
Head Coach Charlotte Edwards, who captained England in their victorious 2009 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign also held in England, will have more than 960 caps worth of T20 International experience available during the tournament.
Edwards did not shy away from the difficulty of the selection process. “This is the hardest set of selection meetings I have been a part of because the pool of players to choose from is so strong,” she said, adding that an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on home soil is a “special moment for the game in this country.”
With experience, firepower, and fresh talent all represented, England will enter the tournament as genuine contenders to win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 on home turf.
