London Spirit have appointed Jon Lewis as their girls’s head coach for the 2026 version of The Hundred.
The previous England girls head coach replaces Chris Liddle, who led Spirit to a third-place end final season.
This function will see him reunite with former England captain Heather Knight, who was just lately named as women’s general manager for the 2024 champions.
Lewis was answerable for England from November 2022 to March 2025. He led them to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup and oversaw a drawn residence Ashes collection in his first 12 months however a downturn in outcomes, culminating in a 16-0 Ashes defeat in Australia, led to his sacking earlier this year.
The 50-year-old additionally spent three seasons as head coach of UP Warriorz within the Girls’s Premier League and was just lately appointed director of cricket at Gloucestershire, the place he oversees efficiency construction and pathway programmes.
“It is a actually thrilling alternative to play an element in shaping the way forward for this franchise,” stated Lewis.
“I’m wanting ahead to constructing a staff full of expertise and character, [and] taking part in cricket that Spirit followers coming to Lord’s will get behind as we purpose to win a second title this summer season.”
Director of cricket, Mo Bobat, added: “He has a improbable breadth of experiences, throughout each the ladies’s and males’s video games, which can stand us in good stead in our pursuit of sustained success.
“It is significantly thrilling to think about the potential of his skilled partnership with Heather, whom he clearly is aware of properly from his time with the senior England girls’s staff.”
