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Charlotte Edwards

Personal information
Full name	Charlotte Marie Edwards
Born	17 December 1979 (1979-12-17) Huntingdon, England
Nickname	Lottie, Chief
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batter
International information
Test debut (cap 123)	12 July 1996 v New Zealand
Last Test	11 August 2015 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 73)	15 August 1997 v South Africa
Last ODI	14 February 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	23
T20I debut (cap 3)	5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I	30 March 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994–1999	East Anglia
2000–2016	Kent
2000/01, 2002/03	Northern Districts
2014/15	Western Australia
2015/16	Perth Scorchers
2016–2017	Southern Vipers
2016/17	South Australia
2016/17	Adelaide Strikers
2017–2018	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition	WTest	WODI	WT20I	WLA
Matches	23	191	95	407
Runs scored	1,676	5,992	2,605	16,644
Batting average	44.10	38.16	32.97	51.85
100s/50s	4/9	9/46	0/12	42/104
Top score	117	173*	92*	199*
Balls bowled	1,118	1,627	303	7,593
Wickets	12	54	9	204
Bowling average	48.08	21.74	36.66	23.10
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a	–
Best bowling	2/28	4/30	3/21	5/31
Catches/stumpings	10/–	52/–	16/–	133/–

Charlotte Marie "Lottie" Edwards CBE (born 17 December 1979) is a former English professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team. Edwards, who retired from international cricket in May 2016 and from all cricket in September 2017, 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.

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 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.

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

Career highlights

• Edwards is the first female cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals. 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.
• Edwards was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.
• 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.

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
2	117	11	New Zealand	Scarborough, England	North Marine Road Ground	2004
3	105	16	India	Taunton, England	County Ground	2006
4	112	19	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Bankstown Oval	2011

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
2	7	Ireland	Pune, India	Nehru Stadium, Pune	1997
3	33	Netherlands	Lincoln, New Zealand	Bert Sutcliffe Oval	2000
4	102	51	South Africa	East London, South Africa	Buffalo Park	2004
5	138	144	South Africa	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Senwes Park	2011
6	157	New Zealand	Lincoln, New Zealand	Bert Sutcliffe Oval	2012
7	109	162	India	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	2013
8	167	New Zealand	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	2013
9	180	India	Scarborough, England	North Marine Road Ground	2014

Awards

• ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year – 2008
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – 2014
• ECB Cricketer of the Year – 2013–14, 2014–15

Personal life

Edwards' nicknames are "Lottie" and "Chief".