England have appointed legendary former captain Charlotte Edwards as their new head coach.
The 45-year-old, England’s all-time main run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0 Ashes hammering in Australia.
Edwards performed greater than 300 occasions for England in a 19-year profession, together with in extra of 200 video games as captain.
In a 10-year spell in cost, Edwards gained three Ashes sequence and each the 50-over and 20-over World Cups in 2009.
She was surprisingly sacked in 2016 and changed by Heather Knight, who then loved her personal nine-year reign.
Knight was also sacked within the aftermath of the Ashes debacle however will stay as a participant, now below coach Edwards.
“I can not wait to take this crew ahead and drive us to success. It means the world to me to have the three lions on my chest as soon as once more,” mentioned Edwards.
“Main England as captain was my life for 10 years and I’ll without end be obsessed with this crew and our legacy. We’ve such a proficient group of gamers, and I’m enthusiastic about working with them and bettering them each as people and as a crew.”
England are but to call a brand new captain. Vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has beforehand said she would have an interest within the function, whereas off-spinner Charlie Dean said she “wouldn’t say no”.
The upheaval on the prime of the England crew comes on account of a overview into the Ashes, led by director of girls’s cricket Clare Connor.
Realistically, Edwards was the standout candidate to guide a rebuild, with Connor describing her as a “confirmed winner”. Following her stellar enjoying profession, she has loved appreciable success as a coach.
Her Southern Vipers have been the strongest crew in English home cricket and Edwards’ Southern Courageous gained the ladies’s Hundred in 2023.
Abroad, Edwards has led Mumbai Indians to 2 titles in three seasons on the Girls’s Premier League in India. In 2022, Edwards’ Sydney Sixers have been overwhelmed within the last of Australia’s Huge Bash.
“After we drew up the factors for the job it turned obvious in a short time that Charlotte was the excellent candidate,” Connor added.
“She has the expertise, ardour and experience to guide this crew to success. The outcomes she has achieved as a head coach in a number of environments, since retiring as one of many biggest ever England gamers, is testomony to her relentless drive and the requirements she units for these round her.
“She is a confirmed winner; she has gained repeatedly as a participant and now as a coach. She possesses a deep information of the sport, each in England and the world over, and he or she understands the significance of making an setting that’s each difficult and supportive.”
Edwards will lead England in house white-ball sequence towards West Indies and India this summer season, constructing as much as the 50-over World Cup in India in October.
