T20 World Cup: Charlie Dean’s journey from Lord’s tears to England stand-in captain0

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• July 4, 2026

Born in the Midlands (her football team is Derby County), Dean learned cricket at Havant Cricket Club in Hampshire, where her father Steven played after a fine career in the minor counties during the 1980s and 1990s. Windsor, three years older, coached Dean in youth cricket before they progressed through the Havant men’s teams and