Dunkley’s retention upon Wyatt-Hodge’s return was a transparent signal of England’s pondering.
Alice Capsey, who made a match-winning 74 not out towards New Zealand final month when standing in for Wyatt-Hodge, was pushed right down to quantity 4.
Dialogue over the England high order’s means to hit boundaries was dampened by Freya Kemp’s hitting within the win in Bristol on Saturday and the line-up is more likely to stay for Tuesday’s sequence decider in Taunton.
Dunkley additionally made a 51-ball century as opener throughout England’s intra-squad sequence in South Africa in March.
An additional resolution will should be made, nonetheless, as soon as captain Nat Sciver-Brunt recovers from her calf harm, presumably in time for subsequent week’s official warm-ups towards India and Australia.
These are England’s remaining fixtures earlier than the World Cup begins on 12 June.
“I’ve opened the batting with Sophia Dunkley for a lot of years now and everyone knows how good Sophia is at taking the sport on from ball one at her finest,” Wyatt-Hodge stated.
“It isn’t a straightforward factor to do, particularly when the ball’s swinging and transferring off the pitch.
“Dunks has been so profitable on the high and we have put some good partnerships on collectively, so I am actually trying ahead to getting on the market together with her tomorrow [Tuesday] and within the World Cup as effectively.”
