Charlotte Edwards rules herself out for England coaching role

image-l83h39puCharlotte Edwards with Ashes 2014 Trophy (PC: Twitter)

England's legendary batter Charlotte Edwards has put all speculations to rest by expressing her disinterest to coach the women's national team. 

Edwards, who led the Southern Brave to the finals in the Women's Hundred 2022, also led England for 10 years until 2016. It has been six years since her retirement, but she is still England's top run-scorer in the white-ball format. 

The 42-year-old was said to be the front-runner to replace current coach Lisa Keightley, who decided not to pursue a contract extension. 

However, Edwards has claimed that she is heading to Sydney, due to her coaching stint with Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League 2022. 

Then, the former English skipper added that she is currently happy to offer her services in the franchise leagues, but thinks it is a part of process of returning to international cricket. 

“I don't really think it's for me right now. I’m heading to Sydney in a couple of weeks to coach out there and to be fair, I'm really happy doing what I'm doing. So I'll probably speak to someone in the next couple of weeks.”

"The England job came up quicker than I thought, I wasn't expecting it to be coming up right now."

In terms of recent performances, England women's team have been average. They failed to secure a podium finish in the Commonwealth Games 2022.

However, the ongoing home series against India saw them winning the T20I series 2-1, despite the absence of experienced players like Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt. 

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