With so much speculation about who would make way for injured captain Nat Sciver-Brunt upon her return, Capsey was one player who seemed most vulnerable.
Questions were being asked about Knight, too, despite Edwards shutting down those concerns, but with such statement performances from both batters, opener Sophia Dunkley is now in the spotlight.
Dunkley has 98 runs in six T20 innings this summer with a top score of 26, and has been guilty of wasting promising starts.
Capsey has showed versatility with her runs coming at number four and at the top of the order over the course of the two series, which has also boosted her credentials.
“What’s really positive around all this talk about who should be in our team is that there’s competition for places,” Edwards, 46, said.
“That was something I really wanted to create when I came into this role, but without it being a burden. And I don’t think it is a burden, seeing the way they’re playing – they know that if they want to stay in the team they’ve got to put in match-winning performances and Heather and Alice did that superbly today.”
Edwards confirmed captain and star all-rounder Sciver-Brunt would bat at three in the upcoming T20 World Cup on home soil, but said it was unlikely she would be bowling in England’s warm-ups against India and Australia in Cardiff next week.
That suggests Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson will both be needed in the XI with their seam bowling and power-hitting capabilities, while Edwards emphasised the need for flexibility in the batting line-up.
England were outplayed in the first T20 against India at Chelmsford before this excellent turnaround, with Edwards saying: “I don’t think it could’ve gone any more perfectly.
“We were chasing a big total against one of the best teams in the world, and we did it convincingly with two of our players really standing up in a tough chase.
“I don’t think I could be much happier in terms of ticking off the things we wanted to tick before we start the tournament.”
