Corteen-Coleman’s rise to England honours has been a rapid one.
She speaks with an endearing giddiness about it, but the World Cup call-up is the latest accolade after she earned a £105,000 deal in The Hundred to stay with Southern Brave after a bidding war at March’s auction.
She made her debut for Brave as a 16-year-old in 2024 and as maiden wickets go, the scalp of legendary former Australia captain Meg Lanning is a decent name.
Edwards was Corteen-Coleman’s Brave coach at the time, and the youngster feels her journey has come “full circle” as the former England captain also presented her with her first cap for Kent under-11s.
Brave captain Georgia Adams is another who has had a front row seat for Corteen-Coleman’s remarkable progression.
“Tilly is one of the most refreshing young cricketers I’ve ever worked with,” said Adams. “She has got a really wonderful balance of just being a kid, in a lovely and sweet way, but also being really mature for her age.
“So much has happened for her in the past two years but she is still the exact same Tilly as she was on her first day of training. That is one of her biggest strengths, being so humble and genuine – I think more people in the world should try to be more Tilly. She is a superstar in the making.”
Naturally, Corteen-Coleman’s adoration of dogs was also part of her integration into the Brave set-up, as she begged Adams to bring her energetic English bulldog to the team hotel during The Hundred so that she could be his dog-sitter and keep him from mischief.
