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Charlotte Edwards Announces Retirement from International Cricket
Charlotte Edwards Announces Retirement from International Cricket
Charlotte will lead the Southern Vipers in the Kia Super League this Summer
England Women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards, has announced her retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.
Charlotte will continue to play domestic cricket, captaining the The Ageas Bowl-based Southern Vipers in the inaugural Kia Super League this summer, alongside leading Kent in the Royal London Women’s One-Day Championship.
The 36-year-old batsman made her international debut as a 16-year-old in 1996, and during a 20-year career with England has made more international appearances than any other female cricketer in the history of the game, amassing 23 Test Match caps, 191 One-Day International (ODI) caps, and 95 Twenty20 International (T20I) caps. With 5,992 runs, she is the current all-time leading ODI run-scorer in women’s cricket, and has scored more T20I runs (2,605) than any other player in the world (man or woman).
Appointed England captain in 2006, Edwards has led her country on 220 occasions, taking the team to ICC Women’s World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 glory in 2009, alongside winning the Women’s Ashes three times as captain – once in England (2013) and twice in Australia (2008 and 2014).
In 2008 she won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year award, and during 2014 was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, became only the second woman ever to be named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, and was the first female cricketer to be nominated for the coveted ICC LG People’s Choice Award.
Everyone who knows me – and how much I love playing for England – will appreciate what a difficult decision it has been for me to retire from international cricket. It’s a decision I’ve reached after much thought and detailed discussion with Mark Robinson and Clare Connor about what is best for the team going forward.
I have given 20 years to playing for England and I leave very proud of the standing in which the women's game is held and of my contribution as a player and captain. As a 16-year-old girl making my debut for England, I couldn't have dreamt that I would have had such an amazing time with so much success.
I've travelled the world, won World Cups and Ashes series and shared it all with some of my closest friends.
Charlotte Edwards
Tickets for the The Ageas Bowl’s Southern Vipers matches, available for just £5 for adults and £1 for Under 17s, can be purchased online: https://www.eticketing.co.uk/ageasbowl, over the phone on 0844 847 1863, or by visiting the The Ageas Bowl’s Ticketing & Membership Office via normal working hours.
Hampshire Cricket Members are entitled to free admission to all of the Southern Vipers’ home fixtures in 2016.
