CHARLIE DEAN is uncertain if she is ready to step up as England captain but “wouldn’t say no” if asked to pick up the baton.

The spin-bowling all-rounder has been namechecked by former internationals Lydia Greenway and Alex Hartley as a potential candidate to succeed Heather Knight in the aftermath of England’s Ashes whitewash, joining the likes of Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amy Jones and Sophie Ecclestone in the conversation.

At the age of 24 she already has 82 international caps across all three formats and has experience as skipper with London Spirit in the Hundred and England A.