Modest she might be with claims of ‘just running around’ but Allison had clearly taken the eye of the England selectors.
She went to the Quad Series this January knowing it was her best chance to nail down a place in the squad for the World Cup and then the call came through in the Spring that she would head to South Africa in July to represent her country on the biggest stage.
“I was more nervous the night before the semi-final than I was the night before the final,” says Allison. “Knowing England had previously never got past the semi-final, that was nerve racking. “And the semi was absolute madness; quarters one, two and three all ended in a draw so it was like playing for no reason, all down to that last 15 minutes, but we pulled away. Geva and Jade have been to six of these and never got to a World Cup final; you look at their faces and see how huge it is.