England / Players / Charlotte Edwards
Full name Charlotte Marie Edwards
Born December 17, 1979, Huntingdon
Current age 30 years 55 days
Major teams East Anglia Women, England Women, Kent Women, Northern Districts Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relation Father - C Edwards
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 18 | 33 | 3 | 1380 | 117 | 46.00 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| ODIs | 130 | 121 | 16 | 3829 | 173* | 36.46 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| T20Is | 19 | 18 | 3 | 619 | 76* | 41.26 | 532 | 116.35 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 18 | 19 | 1112 | 570 | 12 | 2/28 | 2/54 | 47.50 | 3.07 | 92.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 130 | 42 | 1333 | 932 | 42 | 4/37 | 4/37 | 22.19 | 4.19 | 31.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 19 | 11 | 152 | 166 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 41.50 | 6.55 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | England Women v New Zealand Women at Guildford, Jul 12-15, 1996 scorecard |
| Last Test | England Women v Australia Women at Worcester, Jul 10-13, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England Women v South Africa Women at Bristol, Aug 15, 1997 scorecard |
| Last ODI | West Indies Women v England Women at Basseterre, Nov 7, 2009 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | England Women v New Zealand Women at Hove, Aug 5, 2004 scorecard |
| Last T20I | West Indies Women v England Women at Basseterre, Nov 12, 2009 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
A hard-hitting top-order bat, Charlotte Edwards became the youngest woman to have played for England, when she made her debut against New Zealand at Guildford as the age of 16. (Holly Colvin later became the youngest, aged 15, in the first Ashes Test in 2005). Edwards was anything but out of her depth, and in 1997 smashed 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. In 1998-99 she scored her maiden Test hundred against India but, while still scoring runs, she did not score as many runs as had been expected. In 2000, ...
A hard-hitting top-order bat, Charlotte Edwards became the youngest woman to have played for England, when she made her debut against New Zealand at Guildford as the age of 16. (Holly Colvin later became the youngest, aged 15, in the first Ashes Test in 2005). Edwards was anything but out of her depth, and in 1997 smashed 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. In 1998-99 she scored her maiden Test hundred against India but, while still scoring runs, she did not score as many runs as had been expected. In 2000, she was sidelined by a serious cruciate ligament injury sustained while playing hockey which caused her to miss almost all of the 2001 season. When she returned, she showed no hint that her talent had been diminished by the lay-off and continued in the same punishing vein. In 2005 she stepped up from her role as England vice-captain to take full charge of the side when Clare Connor was injured, and was appointed full-time when Connor retired in March 2006. Edwards captained England to a third-place finish in the Quadrangular Series in Chennai in 2007 and a home series loss to New Zealand. But then came the turnaround as England retained the Ashes in Australia, beat New Zealand 31- away and India 4-0 at home. At the start of the World Cup 2009 in Australia, England were favourites for the trophy and Edwards led an inspired team to the title, dropping only one game in the process. She was awarded an MBE in June that year for her services to cricket.
She plays her county cricket for Kent, whom she captains, and when she's not playing cricket, she's actually working in the game - at Hunts County bats.
Cricinfo staff June 2009
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Nov 24, 2009
Charlotte Edwards, the England women's team captain, is made an MBE by the Princess Royal for services to sport
© PA Photos
Oct 16, 2009
Will Smith and Charlotte Edwards receive the Lord's and Lady Taverners trophies from the Duke of Edinburgh
© Lord's Taverners
Oct 1, 2009
Charlotte Edwards and Andrew Strauss were among the English representatives at the ceremony
© Associated Press
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2008
Awarded the MBE in June 2009
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