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An absorbing quirk to Corteen-Coleman's action is that she is 1 of 3 left-arm spinners, pinch England already boasting Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith.

It presents a action dilemma for Edwards, pinch off-spinner Charlie Dean an almost nailed-on prime successful nan starting XI arsenic vice-captain, and pinch Ecclestone being 1 of nan world's best, it is apt to beryllium a consecutive shootout betwixt Smith and Corteen-Coleman.

So really do nan 3 compare, and what could Corteen-Coleman connection arsenic a constituent of difference?

Ecclestone is nan tallest of nan 3 and has mastered her trade of utilizing nan other bounce she generates from a merchandise tallness of 2.2 metres, while Smith delivers nan shot from 1.8m. Corteen-Coleman, who has a merchandise constituent of 2m, sits successful nan mediate to springiness skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt plentifulness of variation.

There is small quality successful pace, pinch each 3 hovering astir an mean of 50mph, and it is unsurprising that Ecclestone leads nan measurement successful nan magnitude of drift, move and power she gets.

Corteen-Coleman (1.75 degrees) turns nan shot acold much than Smith (1 degree) who relies connected drift, which makes her specified a occurrence successful nan powerplay - a domiciled that some besides fulfil successful home cricket.

In their T20 careers, some Smith and Corteen-Coleman person bowled conscionable nether 40% of each their deliveries successful nan powerplay.

For England, Smith has taken 11 wickets successful nan powerplay successful T20Is astatine an mean of 16.54 and system complaint of 5.87. In 14 games for Southern Brave, Corteen-Coleman has taken 7 wickets astatine 16.42 pinch nan caller ball.

The immense mostly of her T20 wickets person been recognised batters, pinch conscionable 3 of her victims batting astatine numbers 8 to 11. In contrast, she has taken 23 wickets of batters betwixt numbers 1 and 3 astatine an mean of 21.39, and 17 wickets of numbers 4 to 7 astatine 22.58.