England Women skipper Charlotte Edwards set to quit captaincy

Her retirement will end a successful association with the national team, having amassed a record 5992 runs in ODI's and 2605 runs in T20I's

Long serving England Women skipper Charlotte Edwards is set to quit from the role of captaincy. Having served as the captain for 10 years, the 36 year old is expected to step down from the post. The longest serving English captain, she led the side to over 200 games. Edwards took over captaincy from Clare Connor in 2005. Under her captaincy, England won the 2009 World Cup and T20 World Cup, as well as winning four Ashes. In the recent T20 World Cup 2016, she led her side to semi-finals, before losing to Australia Women. Edwards finished the tournament as her side’s leading run-scorer, with 202 runs at an average of 50.50. ALSO READ: England Women to tour West Indies for ODI series in October

While no official announcement has been made till now, there are doubts if Edwards will retire from cricket. It is expected that current English vice-captain Heather Knight will take over the post of captaincy. Having started of as an 16 year old, Edwards has represented national colors in 23 Test’s, 191 ODI’s and 95 T20I’s. Her retirement will end her successful association for the national team, having amassed a record 5992 runs in ODI’s and 2605 runs in T20I’s. She is also ranked 2nd in terms of leading run getters in Test’s, with 1676 runs. In 2012, she became the first women cricketer to be included in MCC World Cricket Committee.

Edwards will next be seen captaining Southern Vipers in the upcoming inaugural Women’s Super League. The tournament is quite similar to Australia’s Women’s Big Bash. The competition will kick start on July 30 and will run till August 14, with the final taking place on August 21.