Latest news with #SouthernBrave
BBC News
7 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Leg-spinner Lintott signs new Warwickshire contract
Left-arm wrist spinner Jake Lintott has signed a new one-year contract extension with 32-year-old is a key player in the Bears' white-ball sides and has taken 73 wickets in 63 T20 matches with an economy rate of 7.82 runs per was the Bears' top wicket-taker in 2022 with 22 and picked up 18 last year, second only to Danny Briggs' 29, as the Bears were beaten by eventual champions Gloucestershire in the signed a three-year contract at the start of 2023, and his new deal will see him stay at Edgbaston until at least the end of the 2026 season. "I love this club," Lintott told the club website. , external"They've shown me great support and the opportunity to be a professional cricketer - that was my dream as a kid, and before Warwickshire showed faith in me, I thought that dream was gone. "It's nice to repay them with seven years of service, and hopefully there will be a few more to come - I'm delighted to have signed a new deal."Lintott, who gave up his teaching job to sign his first professional deal with Warwickshire in 2021, won the inaugural Men's Hundred with Southern Brave in 2021 and has played in the Caribbean Premier League and Bangladesh Premier League T20 his success in the white-ball game, Lintott has expressed his "burning desire" to play more red-ball cricket, having made only three appearances in the last four seasons."It's a big year for me, no secret about that," Lintott said."I want to get back to playing at the highest level in competitions around the world. To do that I have to put in good performances for the Bears and take lots of wickets. That's what I'm in the team for."The Bears start this season's T20 Blast on Friday against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge (18:30 BST).
Int'l Cricket Council
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Int'l Cricket Council
England bring in former captain as head coach of the women's side
Since retiring from the sport in 2017, Edwards has coached around the world, across English domestic cricket and T20 leagues. She has achieved success with Southern Vipers in regional cricket, Southern Brave in The Hundred, Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League and most recently, Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. As a player and former captain, Edwards represented her country over 300 times, winning two World Cups and lifting the Ashes five times across a 20-year career. Her first challenge as Head Coach will be a T20I against West Indies at Canterbury on May 21. The announcement for the vacant captaincy role will be made in due course.
Washington Post
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Charlotte Edwards appointed head coach of England's women's cricket team
LONDON — Former England captain Charlotte Edwards was appointed head coach of the country's women's national cricket team on Tuesday. Edwards played for England on more than 300 occasions during a 20-year career, winning the World Cup in both white-ball formats as well as five Ashes series against Australia. She was the captain for 10 years. 'I am so delighted to once again be part of the leadership of the England Women's cricket team, and I cannot wait to take this team forward and drive us to success,' the 45-year-old Edwards said in a statement published by the England and Wales Cricket Board. England was looking for a new coach after Jon Lewis left his post on March 21 following poor results at the T20 World Cup and in the Ashes series. Lewis had been in the job since 2022 and oversaw a drawn Ashes series at home in 2023, but England was eliminated in the group stage of last year's T20 World Cup and lost the multi-format Ashes series to Australia 16-0 in January. Edwards comes in ahead of home series against India and West Indies and the 50-over World Cup in India this year, followed by a home T20 World Cup in 2026. After retiring as a player nine years ago, Edwards has coached teams at home and abroad, winning a number of trophies with Southern Vipers, the inaugural Hundred title at Southern Brave and the Women's Premier League with Mumbai Indians. She was a candidate to take over the national team in 2022 but finally ruled herself out that time. ___ AP cricket:
Telegraph
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Charlotte Edwards named England Women's head coach
Charlotte Edwards has been appointed England head coach following the sacking of Jon Lewis after the 16-0 Women's Ashes whitewash in Australia. A lengthy England and Wales Cricket Board review was mandated in the aftermath of the chastening defeat by Australia, with the decision made to replace both the captain, Heather Knight, and head coach. Edwards was the obvious choice to replace Lewis, and has coached in franchise leagues across the world including the Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League, Southern Brave in the Hundred and Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She has enjoyed success across the world. In 2023, for example, she coached Mumbai Indians to the inaugural WPL title in India, Southern Brave to their first Hundred title, and Southern Vipers to the 50-over Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy as well as the Twenty20 competition named in her honour. Edwards has also convinced players to join her clubs primarily down to her prestige – dubbed the 'Lottie effect'. Edwards made 309 appearances for England across all formats in a playing career spanning more than 20 years, was sacked as captain at the age of 36 in 2016 and retired from cricket two years later. As a player, Edwards led England to three Ashes series wins, a 50-over World Cup and a T20 World Cup, at a time when the nation was heralded as the standard-bearers in the sport (Australia have since taken up that mantle). England next play in a T20 series against West Indies in May. One of Edwards's first challenges in the role will be to appoint a new captain as Knight was sacked last month after almost nine years in the role. The obvious successor appears to be all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt, who has been longstanding vice-captain under Knight and is arguably England's best player. However, she has just started her maternity leave after her wife, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, gave birth to their first child. Edwards will also have to contend with being in the same dressing room as some of those she used to play with during her time as captain, notably Knight, Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Kate Cross and Tammy Beaumont.
BBC News
01-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Legendary ex-captain Edwards appointed England head coach
England have appointed legendary former captain Charlotte Edwards as their new head 45-year-old, England's all-time leading run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0 Ashes hammering in played more than 300 times for England in a 19-year career, including in excess of 200 games as a 10-year spell in charge, Edwards won three Ashes series and both the 50-over and 20-over World Cups in was surprisingly sacked in 2016 and replaced by Heather Knight, who then enjoyed her own nine-year was also sacked in the aftermath of the Ashes debacle but will remain as a player, now under coach Edwards."I cannot wait to take this team forward and drive us to success. It means the world to me to have the three lions on my chest once again," said Edwards."Leading England as captain was my life for 10 years and I will forever be passionate about this team and our legacy. We have such a talented group of players, and I am excited about working with them and improving them both as individuals and as a team."England are yet to name a new captain. Vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has previously stated she would be interested in the role, while off-spinner Charlie Dean said she "wouldn't say no".The upheaval at the top of the England team comes as a result of a review into the Ashes, led by director of women's cricket Clare Edwards was the standout candidate to lead a rebuild, with Connor describing her as a "proven winner". Following her stellar playing career, she has enjoyed considerable success as a Southern Vipers have been the strongest team in English domestic cricket and Edwards' Southern Brave won the women's Hundred in Edwards has led Mumbai Indians to two titles in three seasons at the Women's Premier League in India. In 2022, Edwards' Sydney Sixers were beaten in the final of Australia's Big will lead England in home series against West Indies and India this summer, building up to the 50-over World Cup in India in October. 'A monumental task ahead' - analysis By Ffion Wynne, BBC Sport journalistIn the end, Edwards' appointment felt almost as inevitable as the sackings of Lewis and Knight which came before her. There were murmurings of her potentially taking the vacancy before Lewis took the role in 2022, but Edwards wanted a little more time to establish herself in domestic cricket and around the franchise circuit. She has done that with so much success, and Mumbai Indians' second Women's Premier League win just a couple of weeks ago felt poetic, like the cricket world was serving the ECB with a timely reminder of what and who was waiting for she has also established a relationship with Sciver-Brunt, which could be crucial if the all-rounder is named as England's next captain. Edwards has a monumental rebuilding task on her hands, not only in developing the new captain but essentially, she needs to rebrand the team altogether. A humiliating month in Australia saw the team's fitness and athleticism questioned - not for the first time, either. Their attitude was criticised, fans accused them of not caring enough and there was tension between players and the media, too. Combined with how performances have stagnated on the pitch, particularly in the field and the inability to perform under pressure, Edwards has got her work cut those who know her best, including former team-mate Lydia Greenway who has also coached with Edwards at Mumbai, say there is nobody better suited to taking on the challenge.
