Cricket Special Report: Charlotte Edwards, a Versatile team Leader
Women cricket is rapidly attaining progress, fame and ascendancy. Charlotte Edwards, the resilient English women’s team captain is one of the prominent figures on the cricket arena. She will soon be receiving the honour of the most capped women player. At
moment, the distinction is just two matches away from her. The English women team is scheduled to play against Sri Lanka. The English team would act as the guest team while Sri Lankan would pay host to the English women team.
English team captain Charlotte Edwards has termed the series tough and has urged upon the players to have focused and dedicated efforts during the tour. In a statement, she said that despite being the favourites and having the most probability to win the
series, Sri Lankans may prove to be a tough side. According to her, Sri Lankan team is in a state of continuous improvement and can exhibit brilliant performance. With dual advantage of home ground and home crowd, a slight complacency on our side may change
the whole Scenario, she said.
English women team is scheduled to play two ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals. Charlotte Edwards is one of the most experienced women players in the world. She appeared against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in 1997 starting her international career. She has 140 games
on her credit from the English side. It is expected that she would break the record of Australian women player Karen Rolton. She appeared to be in high spirits with the record just two matches away from her.
In the leading role, she played her first match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in 2005. She expressed her confidence in the team and considered the English team as quite capable to win against Sri Lanka. However, she was also conscious of the dexterity and skill the
Sri Lankans have achieved over a period of time. Edwards cautioned her teammates about any complacency that may affect their performance due to favourite opinions.
Edwards termed the series too crucial for important assignments ahead. According to her, it would enable the team to prepare for the Ashes series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in January. Similarly, English team would also play 2012 world cup in Sri Lanka. Hence, the
coming series would give best practice to English team for the future important events. The recent series is actually an off season preparation for the English team.
Edwards further attributed the series for getting well familiarization with the conditions in subcontinent. She said that the experience would contribute a lot towards their world cup preparation. The 50-over world cup has been planned in 2013 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Edwards expressed her confidence on the newly inducted English players from the cricket academy. English team has included four new faces in their team. The players are Fran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rowe-c86927, Beth MacGregor and Lauren Griffiths. The introduction of new talent
in the English women team is a step towards maintaining their supremacy in the women cricket, Edwards said. English women team had won the 2009 50 over world cup and is in continuous efforts to maintain the win in the next world cup too.
Edwards expressed her optimism on the mixed combination of young and experienced players in her team. She regarded the team as a well suited combination of young and experienced players. Edward further deliberated on the Women cricket system in the Britain.
She appreciated the efforts of provincial county system in bringing new women talent in the English Cricket. Women cricket is given the same importance as that of men in England. She regarded the 2009 world cup success as the main source of inspiration for
younger girls in England.
With women cricket on its way to progress, it is expected that the standard of women cricket would improve a lot in the coming time. Players like Charlotte Edwards and Karen Rolton would be a source of inspiration for new talent in the women cricket.
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