New era as Edwards announced head coach
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Henry Moeran is alongside Yorkshire batter Emily Windsor & BBC Sport journalist Ffion Wynne as Charlotte Edwards is unveiled as the new England Women’s head coach.
In a full interview with the BBC’s Chief Cricket Reporter Stephan Shemilt, Edwards speaks about how England must be “accountable” for their fitness and the “hard work” needed by the squad to create a new culture. The ECB’s Director of Women’s Cricket Clare Connor also tells Stephan that she’s “confident” the team is being built for success.
Plus, Emily discusses Edwards’ coaching style after playing under her for eight years and analyses what characteristics could make her successful in the role.
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| 0:47.5 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:50.1 | Hello, I'm Henry Moran. |
| 0:55.6 | Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast where a new dawn for England's women begins. |
| 1:03.7 | Charlotte Edwards replaces John Lewis as head coach nine years after Heather Knight took over from Edwards as the England captain. |
| 1:10.1 | But she's back to WPL titles, 100 trophy, three Rachel Hato, Flint trophies, and two Charlotte Edwards Cup wins for good measure. |
| 1:13.4 | And if you can win your own trophy, you must be doing something right. |
| 1:17.7 | And now off the back of that 16-0 hammering in Australia, there will be plenty in her in-tray, |
| 1:24.4 | not least the discussion of who will be taking over from Heather Knight, |
| 1:28.0 | as England's captain will be hearing from Edwards herself shortly, as well as Claire Conner, |
| 1:33.0 | the director of England women's cricket. But let's get some reaction from two people perfectly |
| 1:38.3 | placed to give us the lowdown. I'm alongside Durham's Emily Windsor, who spent eight years |
| 1:43.9 | being coached by Charlotte Edwards at the Southern Vipers, |
| 1:47.6 | and also BBC Sport journalist Fionne, who witnessed firsthand the debacle down under. Hello to you both. |
| 1:55.4 | First of all, Emily, I mean, this is no real shock, is it? No, absolutely not. I think the minute the Australia defeat happened, I thought there's any one person for this job now. |
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