England will hope Corteen-Coleman does not have to bat again this summer or in the T20 World Cup. In the search for relevance before that tournament, her bowling performance was more important.
She has been picked in England’s T20 World Cup squad and appeared utterly unflustered by her international debut.
The teenager tossed one up to tempt opener Georgia Plimmer into hitting to mid-off for 20 in her second over and in her last had Green caught at long-on.
In between she was particularly accurate with her lines, rarely offering loose deliveries despite Green and Amelia Kerr looking to use her overs as the basis for an acceleration after the 30-over mark.
The White Ferns fell away badly, losing their last eight wickets for 47 runs, after Amelia Kerr slapped a full toss from leg-spinner Grewcock to mid-off. but what was concerning for England was how they allowed their opponents to get a platform.
Plimmer was on 17 when she was dropped. That mistake was not punished but England’s fielders repeatedly leaked runs with fumbles or poor dives.
England could also do with their full squad fit.
Sciver-Brunt was ruled out of this series last week but Sophie Ecclestone and Issy Wong also missed the game with thigh and hamstring niggles respectively.
Even Dean was not initially due to play in this series but came in when Sciver-Brunt was ruled out.
