WHILE there was disappointment for local girl Danielle Hazell who was left out of England Women’s comprehensive T20 victory over West Indies on Saturday morning, there was at least one other member of the squad who could call Emirates Durham ICG home.

Bearpark’s Hazell was left out of England’s opening t20 game against the tourists, and was a spectator as the hosts restricted the West Indies to a paltry 71-8 – the eighth lowest total in women’s international T20 history.

However, spinner Holly Colvin, who took two wickets in the rout, studied at Durham University and was proud to be playing her first match at the Riverside.

Colvin, who graduated with a Natural Sciences degree a year ago, said: “I love it up here, I went to university here for three years so it’s almost a second home for me, so it’s great to come back.

“I played a lot at the indoor facilities, but never got out to the pitch. I’ve always wanted to play here so it’s great to finally get the chance. Hopefully I’ll get the chance to play here again.”

England’s 18-month unbeaten record in the short format of the game never looked like coming to an end at Chester le Street, with the tourists’ first three wickets falling in just 11 balls.

Katherine Brunt took the early scalps, snaring Juliana Nero for a duck with Kycia Knight following four balls later for a golden duck, both lbw.

Anya Shrubsole struck next for England, sending Deandra Dottin back to the pavilion with 0 to her name, before the tourists briefly settled and compiled their strongest partnership of the innings with skipper Merissa Aguilleira and Shemaine Campbelle sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 28, taking West Indies up to 35-3 before Campbelle was bowled by Colvin on 11, with skipper Aguilleira following in the tenth over with 21.

Three wickets fell in the 15th and 16th overs, with Britney Cooper (5) run out, Stacy-Ann King (0) and Shanel Daley (6) falling to Colvin and Danielle Wyatt respectively.

Set a target of 72 to win, England notched up the runs with 62 balls to spare with skipper Charlotte Edwards (27 not out) and Marsh (31) top-scoring.

Despite the ease at which England won, Colvin knows that the tourists – who were missing all-rounder Stefanie Taylor, who was back home taking exams – will not provide such weak opposition in the second game of the series today at Old Trafford.

“I’m sure they’ll regroup, come harder and work on a way to get more runs. We shouldn’t underestimate them,” warned Colvin.

“We knew we had a brilliant chance of winning, we’ve been on such a good run of form, especially in t20. We knew we could pin them down to fewer runs but to take them to 71 runs was an added bonus, and a credit to the bowlers.

“We know that they’ll come back hard. They’re a team who are definitely able to pull stuff out of the bag, so we’re looking to make sure we stay on top for the rest of the series.”