Charlotte Edwards

Charlotte Marie "Lottie" Edwards CBE (born 17 December 1979) is an English former professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team.[1][2] Edwards, who retired from international cricket in May 2016[3][4] and from all cricket in September 2017,[5] was England's then youngest cricketer on her debut, and broke a world scoring record before her 18th birthday, one of many firsts in an international career of 20 years. Her leadership of the England team, from 2005, included successful Ashes series, and world titles in one-day and Twenty/20 formats of the game.

Charlotte Edwards
Personal information
Full nameCharlotte Marie Edwards
Born (1979-12-17) 17 December 1979
Huntingdon, England
NicknameLottie, Chief
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 123)12 July 1996 v New Zealand
Last Test11 August 2015 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 73)15 August 1997 v South Africa
Last ODI14 February 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 3)5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I30 March 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994–1999East Anglia
2000–2016Kent
2000/01, 2002/03Northern Districts
2014/15Western Fury
2015/16Perth Scorchers
2016–2017Southern Vipers
2016/17South Australian Scorpions
2016/17Adelaide Strikers
2017–2018Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I
Matches 23 191 95
Runs scored 1676 5992 2605
Batting average 44.10 38.16 32.97
100s/50s 4/9 9/46 0/12
Top score 117 173* 92*
Balls bowled 1118 1627 303
Wickets 12 54 9
Bowling average 48.08 21.74 36.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/28 4/30 3/21
Catches/stumpings 10/– 52/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 June 2016

Edwards also played for Kent, Hampshire, and for teams in Australia. In addition to awards as ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, Wisden Cricketer of the Year, and ECB Cricketer of the Year awards Edwards was also appointed MBE and CBE for her services to cricket.

International career

When she made her England debut in 1996, Edwards was the youngest player ever to play for England, a record she held until Holly Colvin was capped, aged 15, in 2005.

In 1997, she scored 12 centuries, including one off 118 balls against the touring South Africans. The day before her 18th birthday, she scored a then-record ODI score of 173 not out in a World Cup match against Ireland women's cricket team. In 1998–99, she scored her maiden Test hundred against India, but, while still scoring runs, her performances fell below expectations. In 2000, she was sidelined by a serious cruciate ligament injury sustained while playing hockey that caused her to miss most of the 2001 season.

In 2005, she stepped up from her role as England vice-captain to take full charge of the side while Clare Connor was injured, and was appointed full-time captain when Connor retired in March 2006. Edwards was also captaining her county Kent.

Edwards batting for Perth Scorchers, 2015

She played her 100th One-Day International on tour in Australia and led her team to victory in the one-off test match at Bowral to retain The Ashes, scoring 94 in England's first innings, and hitting the winning runs in the second.

She was awarded the ICC Woman's player of the year 2008 at the ICC awards in Dubai.

Edwards led the England team in the 2009 World Cup in Australia, scoring a half century and taking a career best 4 for 37 in the Super Six round victory over New Zealand, before captaining the side to a 4-wicket victory over the same opposition in the World Cup Final in Sydney.

She led the England team to victory at Lord's in the final of the World Twenty20 Championship in June 2009. She scored 139 runs in the tournament, the third highest total, and took 4 wickets at 14.5 apiece. Later that summer she recorded an unbeaten half century in the second innings to help England to retain The Ashes with a draw in the one-off Ashes test at New Road in Worcester.

On 17 November 2010, she won her 142nd One Day International cap when she captained England against Sri Lanka[6] to break the world record of 141 ODI appearances held by Australia's Karen Rolton. Edwards took a career best 4 for 30 in the game. Clare Connor, the England and Wales Cricket Board's Head of Women's Cricket, praised Edwards' achievement, calling her "a credit to women's cricket globally, a superb role model for girls who aspire to play for their country".

She scored her first Ashes century in England's one-off Test against Australia at Bankstown Oval on 22 January 2010, finishing unbeaten on 114 from an England first innings total of 207 all out.

In 2014, Edwards was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. She was just the second English women's cricketer to be so honoured after Claire Taylor in 2009.[7]

She was the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players.[8]

Career Highlights
  • Edwards is the first female cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals.[9][10] Edwards is the first player, either male or female, to score 2500 runs in T20 internationals.
  • Led England on 220 occasions. England won three Ashes series (2008, 2013 and 2014) and World Cup/World Twenty20 double in 2009 under the captaincy of Edwards.[11]
  • Edwards was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours[12] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.[13][14]
  • She was also the first female cricketer to have scored 1000 runs, to take 50 wickets as well as to have taken 50 catches in Women's One Day Internationals[15]

Women's International Centuries

Women's Test Centuries
Charlotte Edwards' Test centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 108 5 India Shenley, England Denis Compton Oval 1999[16]
2 117 11 New Zealand Scarborough, England North Marine Road Ground 2004[17]
3 105 16 India Taunton, England County Ground 2006[18]
4 112 19 Australia Sydney, Australia Bankstown Oval 2011[19]

Women's One Day International Centuries
Charlotte Edwards' One-Day International centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 102 2 South Africa Taunton, England County Ground 1997[20]
2 173* 7  Ireland Pune, India Nehru Stadium, Pune 1997[21]
3 139* 33 Netherlands Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2000[22]
4 102 51 South Africa East London, South Africa Buffalo Park 2004[23]
5 138 144 South Africa Potchefstroom, South Africa Senwes Park 2011[24]
6 137* 157 New Zealand Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2012[25]
7 109 162 India Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2013[26]
8 106* 167 New Zealand Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2013[27]
9 108* 180 India Scarborough, England North Marine Road Ground 2014[28]

Awards

Personal life

Edwards' nicknames are "Lottie" and "Chief".[31]

References
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Preceded by
Jhulan Goswami		 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
2008		 Succeeded by
Claire Taylor
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