Tournament hosts England have unveiled their 15-player squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, with uncapped teenage spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman earning a surprise call-up as the selectors aim to replicate the glory of 2009 and 2017 by winning on home soil. The squad was announced on Tuesday, with star allrounder Nat Sciver-Brunt appointed captain for her seventh T20 World Cup appearance.

England's 2026 T20 World Cup Squad:
Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

England haven't won an ICC women's event since the 2017 50-over World Cup, which they also hosted. The final of this year's T20 showpiece is set to be staged at Lord's on 5 July. Their only women's T20 World Cup triumph came in the inaugural edition in 2009, also on home soil, when current head coach Charlotte Edwards led them to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand at Lord's. Australia have won six of the nine women's T20 World Cups staged and will be seeking redemption under new skipper Sophie Molineux after being knocked out in the semi-finals by South Africa in the 2024 edition.

Left-armer Corteen-Coleman, who represented England at last year's Under-19 T20 World Cup in Malaysia—taking seven wickets in five games with a best of 4-8 against New Zealand—earned selection following a superb start to the domestic season for Surrey. Though yet to debut for the senior national side, the 18-year-old has taken nine wickets at 18.22 in four one-day matches, with only Yorkshire's veteran Australian Jess Jonassen ahead of her on 11 wickets. She has also performed strongly for Southern Brave in the Hundred since making her debut as a 16-year-old in 2024, claiming 17 wickets at 20.52 across two seasons.

Corteen-Coleman adds depth to England's spin attack, which also features vice-captain Charlie Dean, world No.2 T20I bowler Sophie Ecclestone, and Linsey Smith—the third left-arm finger spinner in the squad. Alongside the teenager, speedsters Issy Wong and Lauren Filer have been named in a T20 World Cup squad for the first time, while hard-hitting opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge will make her eighth appearance at the tournament.

Lauren Bell will lead a five-strong pace battery, with left-armer Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson also included. Gibson will be hoping for a return to the England side for the first time since the previous T20 World Cup two years ago. There was no room for veteran batter Tammy Beaumont, who captained England in their last T20 international when Sciver-Brunt was injured, while rising 19-year-old batter Davina Perrin also missed out on selection.