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Key Takeaways
- 1📊 Edwards: 10,000+ intl runs, 300+ caps as player-captain
- 2🏆 WPL champ with Mumbai Indians (2023, 2025), Hundred winner
- 3💡 Replaces Jon Lewis after Ashes whitewash, Knight sacked
- 4🔮 Targets 2026 home T20WC, 2028 Olympics gold
"England coach Charlotte Edwards backs her experienced core after her first year in the job but challenges the next generation to take their places."
Charlotte Edwards steps into the hot seat as England women's head coach, embracing a squad brimming with youth and experience after the shocking 16-0 Ashes thrashing that saw Jon Lewis and Heather Knight sacked. The legendary former captain, who led England to World Cup glory, now has a winter to rebuild a side at its lowest ebb.
Coaching Trophy Haul
Edwards brings a glittering resume: Mumbai Indians WPL titles in 2023 and 2025, Southern Brave Hundred win, and multiple domestic crowns with Southern Vipers. Her playing career boasted over 10,000 international runs and three outright Ashes series victories. Age is no barrier in her eyes—'Doesn't matter if you're 18 or 35,' she insists, ready to harness talent for the road ahead.
"I am so delighted to once again be part of the leadership of the England Women's cricket team." — Charlotte Edwards
First up: ODIs and T20s against West Indies from May 21 at Canterbury, then India, building to the Women's World Cup in India and home T20 World Cup in 2026. With Olympics on the horizon in 2028, Edwards eyes a trophy-laden revival.
