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Full name Charlotte Marie Edwards
Born December 17, 1979, Huntingdon
Current age 28 years 152 days
Major teams East Anglia Women,England Women,Kent Women,Northern Districts Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
17
31
2
1317
117
45.41
3
7
9
0
ODIs
106
103
12
3304
173*
36.30
4
25
25
0
T20Is
7
6
0
212
64
35.33
176
120.45
0
2
35
2
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
17
19
1112
570
12
2/28
2/54
47.50
3.07
92.6
0
0
0
ODIs
106
25
850
646
26
3/15
3/15
24.84
4.56
32.6
0
0
0
T20Is
7
3
62
75
0
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7.25
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England Women v New Zealand Women at Guildford, Jul 12-15, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
Australia Women v England Women at Bowral, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England Women v South Africa Women at Bristol, Aug 15, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand Women v England Women at Lincoln, Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England Women v New Zealand Women at Hove, Aug 5, 2004 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia Women v England Women at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
Profile
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. 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 March 2006
