England open their campaign against Sri Lanka in Birmingham on June 12 and Sciver-Brunt hasn’t played internationally since the ODI World Cup last October after suffering a calf tear playing domestically on April 29. They are due to play warm-up games against Australia (June 8) and India (June 10) in Cardiff, where they hope to have allrounder Sciver-Brunt available, although she is likely to play as a batter at the World Cup.

Edwards described England’s win over India, in which they equalled their joint-second-highest chase in T20Is (181) – also their best on English soil – as the “perfect” game heading into a World Cup.

Without Sciver-Brunt, England have won T20I series against New Zealand and India, both 2-1, with a number of batters stepping up in unfamiliar roles.

“I’m a big believer of your top six, they should be able to bat anywhere in the order, and the players are really showing that. We want versatility and flexibility within the order”

Charlotte Edwards

All that gave Edwards flexibility throughout her top six, which also includes Kemp, who struck an unbeaten 39 and took 2 for 15 in the series-levelling second match in Bristol. It also gave her plenty to consider over the next ten days.

“They’re good headaches to have,” she said. “We’re in a really good position in terms of people [being] in form so I’m going to be taking some time away – the players are going home for a few days – and then we’ll reset again on Saturday in Cardiff.

“I’m a big believer of your top six, they should be able to bat anywhere in the order, and the players are really showing that. We want versatility and flexibility within the order.”

Capsey’s latest innings showed maturity under pressure and a growth borne from 51 T20Is and 36 ODIs since making her England debut as a 16-year-old in 2022.

“The position she was in, 30 [38] for 3, to come in and to play the way she did, I couldn’t be prouder really,” Edwards said. “It’s been really lovely to watch her develop over this winter. We spoke with her at the start of the winter about some areas that we wanted her to work on and she’s worked so, so hard and now she’s sort of I guess bearing the fruits of that.”

Edwards was also pleased for Knight, who surpassed her head coach as England’s most-capped player in history during the India series.

“The more people were writing her off, the more I knew she was going to put in a performance like this,” Edwards said. “I spoke to her after her record number games the other day about her character. And her resilience is one of her biggest attributes. We saw that in abundance tonight.

“It’s really lovely for her in many ways to have that performance going into the World Cup. But there was certainly no doubts in our dressing room about Heather.”

In light of that, Dunkley could be the batter under the most pressure.

“That’s something when I came into this role I wanted to create without it being a burden and I don’t think it’s a burden seeing the players play like they are,” Edwards said. “They know if they want to stay in the team they’ve got to put in big, match-winning performances and Heather and Alice did that superbly today.

“You talk about pressure and playing under pressure, these girls are playing under pressure even for their places now, which is great in many ways because you get performances like that tonight, which is really satisfying.”