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 received 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 additionally sacked within the aftermath of the Ashes debacle however will stay as a participant, now below coach Edwards.
“I can’t wait to take this staff 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,” stated Edwards.
“Main England as captain was my life for 10 years and I’ll endlessly be obsessed with this staff and our legacy. Now we have such a proficient group of gamers, and I’m enthusiastic about working with them and enhancing them each as people and as a staff.”
England are but to call a brand new captain. Vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has beforehand acknowledged she would have an interest within the position, whereas off-spinner Charlie Dean stated she “would not say no”.
The upheaval on the high of the England staff comes because of a assessment into the Ashes, led by director of girls’s cricket Clare Connor.
Realistically, Edwards was the standout candidate to steer 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 staff in English home cricket and Edwards’ Southern Courageous received the ladies’s Hundred in 2023.
Abroad, Edwards has led Mumbai Indians to 2 titles in three seasons on the Ladies’s Premier League in India. In 2022, Edwards’ Sydney Sixers have been overwhelmed within the last of Australia’s Large Bash.
“After we drew up the standards for the job it grew to become obvious in a short time that Charlotte was the excellent candidate,” Connor added.
“She has the expertise, ardour and experience to steer this staff to success. The outcomes she has achieved as a head coach in a number of environments, since retiring as one of many best 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 received repeatedly as a participant and now as a coach. She possesses a deep data of the sport, each in England and internationally, and he or she understands the significance of making an surroundings that’s each difficult and supportive.”
Edwards will lead England in residence white-ball sequence towards West Indies and India this summer time, constructing as much as the 50-over World Cup in India in October.
