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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Charlotte Edwards
|    honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|size=100%}}
|              female = true
|               image = Charlotte Edwards09.jpg
|             caption = Edwards in 2009
|            fullname = Charlotte Marie Edwards
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|12|17|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Huntingdon]], England
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Leg spin|leg break]]
|                role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batter]]

|             country = England
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 1996–2016

|       testdebutdate = 12 July
|       testdebutyear = 1996
|    testdebutagainst = New Zealand
|             testcap = 123
|        lasttestdate = 11 August
|        lasttestyear = 2015
|     lasttestagainst = Australia

|        odidebutdate = 15 August
|        odidebutyear = 1997
|     odidebutagainst = South Africa
|              odicap = 73
|         lastodidate = 14 February
|         lastodiyear = 2016
|      lastodiagainst = South Africa
|            odishirt = 23

|       T20Idebutdate = 5 August
|       T20Idebutyear = 2004
|    T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
|             T20Icap = 3
|        lastT20Idate = 30 March
|        lastT20Iyear = 2016
|     lastT20Iagainst = Australia

|               club1 = [[East Anglia Women cricket team|East Anglia]]
|               year1 = 1994–1999
|               club2 = [[Kent Women cricket team|Kent]]
|               year2 = 2000–2016
|               club3 = [[Northern Districts women's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|               year3 = 2000/01
|               club4 = [[Northern Districts women's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|               year4 = 2002/03
|               club5 = [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]]
|               year5 = 2014/15
|               club6 = [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]]
|               year6 = 2015/16
|               club7 = [[Southern Vipers]]
|               year7 = 2016–2017
|               club8 = [[South Australian Scorpions|South Australia]]
|               year8 = 2016/17
|               club9 = [[Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)|Adelaide Strikers]]
|               year9 = 2016/17
|              club10 = [[Hampshire Women cricket team|Hampshire]]
|              year10 = 2017–2018

|             columns = 4

|             column1 = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
|            matches1 = 23
|               runs1 = 1,676
|            bat avg1 = 44.10
|           100s/50s1 = 4/9
|          top score1 = 117
|         deliveries1 = 1,118
|            wickets1 = 12
|           bowl avg1 = 48.08
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 2/28
|  catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

|             column2 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
|            matches2 = 191
|               runs2 = 5,992
|            bat avg2 = 38.16
|           100s/50s2 = 9/46
|          top score2 = 173[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries2 = 1,627
|            wickets2 = 54
|           bowl avg2 = 21.74
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 4/30
|  catches/stumpings2 = 52/–

|             column3 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]
|            matches3 = 95
|               runs3 = 2,605
|            bat avg3 = 32.97
|           100s/50s3 = 0/12
|          top score3 = 92[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries3 = 303
|            wickets3 = 9
|           bowl avg3 = 36.66
|            fivefor3 = 0
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 3/21
|  catches/stumpings3 = 16/–

|             column4 = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
|            matches4 = 407
|               runs4 = 16,644
|            bat avg4 = 51.85
|           100s/50s4 = 42/104
|          top score4 = 199[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries4 = 7,593
|            wickets4 = 204
|           bowl avg4 = 23.10
|            fivefor4 = 1
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 5/31
|  catches/stumpings4 = 133/–

|                date = 14 March 2021
|              source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/8457.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Charlotte Marie Edwards''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 17 December 1979) is an English former [[cricket]]er and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batter]]. She appeared in 23 [[Women's Test cricket|Test matches]], 191 [[Women's One Day International|One Day Internationals]] and 95 [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 Internationals]] for [[England women's cricket team|England]] between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for [[East Anglia Women cricket team|East Anglia]], [[Kent Women cricket team|Kent]], [[Hampshire Women cricket team|Hampshire]] and [[Southern Vipers]], as well as overseas for [[Northern Districts women's cricket team|Northern Districts]], [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]], [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]], [[South Australian Scorpions|South Australia]] and [[Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)|Adelaide Strikers]].<ref name="CricketArchive">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/8457.html |title=Player Profile: Charlotte Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>

Edwards is considered one of the most significant figures in women's cricket.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/charlotte-edwards-53696 |title=Player Profile: Charlotte Edwards |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> At the time of her international debut in 1996, in a Test match against [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]], she was the youngest woman to play for England.<ref name="Cricinfo"/> In 1997, the day before her 18th birthday, she scored what remains the highest score for an English player in a Women's One Day International (WODI), scoring 173[[not out|*]] against [[Ireland women's cricket team|Ireland]].<ref name="Cricinfo"/><ref name="odiscorerecord">{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284260.html |title=Records/Women's One Day Internationals/Batting Records/Most runs in an innings |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She has the second most appearances in Women's Test matches, and the most appearances for England in WODIs.<ref name="testappsall">{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283486.html |title=Records/Women's Test Matches/Individual Records (Captains, Players, Umpires)/Most Matches in a Career |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="ODIapps">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=9;id=1026;type=team |title=Records/England Women/Women's One Day Internationals/Most matches |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She is also England's second-leading run-scorer in Women's Test matches, and all-time leading run-scorer in both WODIs and Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).<ref name="Testruns">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=8;id=1026;type=team | title=Records/England Women/Women's Test Matches/Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="ODIruns">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=9;id=1026;type=team | title=Records/England Women/Women's One Day Internationals/Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="T20Iruns">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=10;id=1026;type=team | title=Records/England Women/Women's Twenty20 Internationals/Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She was named [[ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year]] in 2008, and [[PCA Player of the Year awards|PCA Women's Player of the Year]] and a [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year|Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] in 2014.<ref name="iccwomen">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7603843.stm |title=Chanderpaul scoops top ICC award |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 September 2008 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="pca">{{cite web|url=https://www.thepca.co.uk/press-release/edwards-proud-of-pca-award/ |title=Edwards proud of PCA award |publisher=Professional Cricketers' Association |date=28 September 2019 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="wisden">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/209422.html |title=Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year |date=16 May 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|MBE]] in 2009 and a CBE in 2014.<ref name="cbe"/> In 2022, she was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref name="halloffame">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2898341 |title=Charlotte Edwards: Record run-scorer, inspirational captain and cricketing trailblazer  |access-date=23 November 2022 |publisher=International Cricket Council}}</ref>

Edwards first captained England in 2005, and was appointed as captain of the national side permanently in 2006, following the retirement of [[Clare Connor]].<ref name="Cricinfo"/> England went on to win the [[2009 Women's Cricket World Cup]], the [[2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] and three outright [[Women's Ashes|Ashes]] series under her leadership.<ref name="Cricinfo"/> She remained captain of the side until the side's exit from the [[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20]], after which she was told she was not part of the side's future plans: she subsequently retired from international cricket.<ref name="retirement">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1011885.html |title=Edwards brings end to 20-year career |access-date=11 May 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512103104/http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1011885.html |archive-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="retireBBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36263023 |title=Charlotte Edwards: England captain retires from international cricket |access-date=11 May 2016 |work=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511000133/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36263023 |archive-date=11 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> She continued playing domestic cricket for Hampshire and Southern Vipers before announcing her retirement from all cricket in September 2017, playing her final match in June 2018 for Hampshire.<ref name="retire2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1119077.html |title=Edwards announces professional retirement |access-date=2 September 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902145626/http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1119077.html |archive-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="lastmatch">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1063/1063200.html |title=Somerset Women v Hampshire Women, 17 June 2018 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>

Following her playing career, she became Director of Women's Cricket at Hampshire in 2018.<ref name="Hampshiredirector">{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/charlotte-edwards-appointed-director-of-women%E2%80%99s-cricket/ |title=Charlotte Edwards Appointed Director Of Women's Cricket  |publisher=The Ageas Bowl |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She became head coach of her former team Southern Vipers in 2020, and led them to the first two [[Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy]] titles.<ref name="viperscoach">{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/charlotte-edwards-appointed-new-southern-vipers-head-coach/|title=Charlotte Edwards Appointed New Southern Vipers Head Coach|publisher=The Ageas Bowl|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> She also coaches [[Southern Brave]] in [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]], [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]] and [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]] in the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]].<ref name="bravecoach">{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/two-greats-of-the-game-sign-up-for-the-hundred/|title=Two Greats Of The Game Sign Up For The Hundred|publisher=The Ageas Bowl|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="sixerscoach">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-named-new-sydney-sixers-wbbl-coach-1315341 |title=Charlotte Edwards named new Sydney Sixers' WBBL coach |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=17 May 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="mumbaicoach">{{cite web|url=https://www.mumbaiindians.com/news/mumbai-indians-announce-its-coaching-team-for-womens-premier-league |title=Mumbai Indians announce its coaching team for Women's Premier League |publisher=Mumbai Indians |date=5 February 2023 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> In 2021, the new English domestic women's Twenty20 competition, the [[Charlotte Edwards Cup]], was named after her in recognition of her contribution to English cricket, with Southern Vipers first winning the trophy named after their coach in [[2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup|2022]].<ref name="cecnaming">{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/women/news/2177605/womens-regional-t20-competition-named-charlotte-edwards-cup |title=Women's Regional T20 Competition is named Charlotte Edwards Cup|publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board|access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="cecwin">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/charlotte-edwards-cup-2022-1298049/southern-vipers-vs-central-sparks-final-1298076/match-report |title=Charlie Dean stands tall with bat and ball as Vipers claim T20 title|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=11 June 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> She also regularly appears as a commentator on cricket for [[Sky Sports]], and was appointed president of the [[Professional Cricketers' Association]] in 2021.<ref name="noenglandcoach">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-rules-herself-out-of-england-women-head-coach-running-1334859 |title=Charlotte Edwards rules herself out of England Women head coach running |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 September 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="pcapres"/>

==Early life==
Edwards was born on 17 December 1979 in [[Huntingdon]], [[Cambridgeshire]], and grew up on a farm near [[Pidley]].<ref name="CricketArchive"/><ref name="wisdencoty">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/739747.html |title=Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2014: Charlotte Edwards |date=12 May 2014 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> Her father, Clive Edwards, played for [[Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club]] (as did her uncle Hugh and later her brother Daniel).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/117/117270/117270.html |title=Player Profile: Clive Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="CricketArchive"/> She played her first club cricket at Ramsey Cricket Club in Huntingdonshire, and later captained one of the youth sides.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huntspost.co.uk/sport/charlotte-edwards-interview-with-a-ramsey-cricketer-who-took-on-4991610 |title=CHARLOTTE EDWARDS: Interview with a Ramsey cricketer who took on the world and won |publisher=The Hunts Post |date=12 February 2014 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She attended Ramsey Abbey School, a comprehensive school.<ref name="wisdencoty"/>

==Domestic career==
===County cricket===
Edwards played her first county cricket match in 1994, for [[East Anglia Women cricket team|East Anglia]] against [[East Midlands Women cricket team|East Midlands]] in the [[Women's Area Championship]], in which she took 2/34 from 11 overs and scored 25 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/113/113812.html |title=East Anglia Women v East Midlands Women, 30 July 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was the side's leading run-scorer that season, with 186 runs including 77[[not out|*]] made against [[Surrey Women cricket team|Surrey Second XI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Womens_Area_Championship_1994/East_Anglia_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for East Anglia Women/Women's Area Championship 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/113/113818.html |title=East Anglia Women v Surrey Women Second XI, 31 July 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards played for East Anglia until the end of the 1999 season, including in the first three seasons of the [[Women's County Championship]], which was instituted in 1997.<ref name="CricketArchive"/><ref name="ListA">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_List_A_Matches.html |title=Women's List A Matches Played by Charlotte Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She made her maiden [[List A cricket|List A]] century in 1996, scoring 113 against East Midlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/187/187648.html |title=East Anglia Women v East Midlands Women, 28 July 1996 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was the leading run-scorer in the [[1998 Women's County Championship]], with 394 runs including three centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Womens_County_Championship_1998/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 1998 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

Edwards joined [[Kent Women cricket team|Kent]] ahead of the 2000 season.<ref name="CricketArchive"/> She captained the side once in her first season, before becoming the regular captain of the side in 2002 until she departed the club at the end of the 2016 season.<ref name="ListA"/><ref name="T20">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_Twenty20_Matches.html |title=Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Charlotte Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> During her time with Kent, the side would win the Women's County Championship in [[2006 Women's County Championship|2006]], [[2007 Women's County Championship|2007]], [[2009 Women's County Championship|2009]], [[2011 Women's County Championship|2011]], [[2012 Women's County Championship|2012]], [[2014 Women's County Championship|2014]] and [[2016 Women's County Championship|2016]], and the [[Women's Twenty20 Cup]] (which began in 2009) in [[2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2011]], [[2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2013]] and [[2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2016]].<ref name="cchistory">{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was the leading run-scorer in the Women's County Championship in [[2000 Women's County Championship|2000]], [[2002 Women's County Championship|2002]], [[2004 Women's County Championship|2004]], 2011 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Womens_County_Championship_2000/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 2000 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Frizzell_Womens_County_Championship_2002/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Frizzell_Womens_County_Championship_2004/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2011/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2011 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2014/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was also the leading wicket-taker in the Women's County Championship in 2006, and the leading run-scorer in the Women's Twenty20 Cup in [[2010 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Liverpool_Victoria_Womens_County_Championship_2006/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/13/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2010/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2010 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> Her highest score in county cricket came in 2002, scoring 151[[not out|*]] for Kent against [[Middlesex Women cricket team|Middlesex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/114/114089.html |title=Kent Women v Middlesex Women, 27 July 2002 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She also scored 151, dismissed, against [[Sussex Women cricket team|Sussex]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/602/602056.html |title=Sussex Women v Kent Women, 22 June 2014 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

After winning the County Championship and Twenty20 Cup double with Kent in 2016, Edwards announced that she was leaving the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crickether.com/2016/12/01/news-charlotte-edwards-leaves-kent/ |title=NEWS: Charlotte Edwards Leaves Kent |publisher=CricketHer |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> A week later, it was announced that she was joining [[Hampshire Women cricket team|Hampshire]], a side she would represent for two seasons, in 2017 and 2018 (including as captain in 2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crickether.com/2016/12/08/news-charlotte-edwards-signs-for-hampshire/ |title=NEWS: Charlotte Edwards Signs For Hampshire |publisher=CricketHer |date=8 December 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="ListA"/><ref name="T20"/><ref name="CricketArchive"/> During her time with the club, they were promoted from Division 2 of the Women's County Championship in [[2017 Women's County Championship|2017]] before winning Division 1 a season later, in [[2018 Women's County Championship|2018]].<ref name="cchistory"/> Having retired from international cricket in 2016, Edwards announced her retirement from all cricket in September 2017.<ref name="retire2"/> She played her final county cricket match, and final match in all cricket, on 17 June 2018 against [[Somerset Women cricket team|Somerset]] in the [[2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup|Twenty20 Cup]], where she did not bat or bowl.<ref name="lastmatch"/>

===Women's Cricket Super League===
In 2016, Edwards was named as captain of [[Southern Vipers]] in the inaugural [[2016 Women's Cricket Super League|Women's Cricket Super League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/southern-vipers-announce-full-squad/ |title=Southern Vipers Announce Full Squad |website=The Ageas Bowl |date=21 April 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> The Vipers went on to win the competition, with Edwards batting four times in five appearances, with a top score of 30 against [[Western Storm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11025;team=6009;type=tournament |title=Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-super-league-2016-978593/western-storm-vs-southern-vipers-993665/match-report |title=Taylor steers Storm to eight-wicket win |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-super-league-2016-978593/southern-vipers-vs-western-storm-final-1035537/match-report |title=Bates stars as Vipers' experience wins Super League |website=ESPNcricinfo |date=21 August 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She captained the side again in [[2017 Women's Cricket Super League|2017]], her final season playing in the competition, with the Vipers once again reaching the final but this time losing to Western Storm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/southern-vipers-announce-squad-for-2017-kia-super-league/ |title=Southern Vipers Announce Squad For 2017 Kia Super League |website=The Ageas Bowl |date=26 July 2017 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wcsl-2017-1093475/southern-vipers-vs-western-storm-final-1093492/match-report |title=Priest guides Storm to maiden title |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

===Overseas cricket===
Edwards played for [[Northern Districts women's cricket team|Northern Districts]] in [[Hallyburton Johnstone Shield|New Zealand's domestic 50-over competition]] in 2000–01 and 2002–03.<ref name="CricketArchive"/> She was the side's leading run-scorer in both seasons she played, as well as scoring a century in both seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/State_Insurance_Cup_2000-01/Northern_Districts_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Northern Districts Women/State Insurance Cup 2000/01 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/State_League_2002-03/Northern_Districts_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Northern Districts Women/State League 2002/03 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
[[Image:2015–16 WBBL PS v ST 15-12-28 Edwards (04).JPG|thumb|250px|right|Edwards batting for [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]], 2015.]]

In 2014–15, Edwards played for [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]] in the [[2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season|Women's National Cricket League]] and the [[2014–15 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup|Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup]].<ref name="CricketArchive"/> She was the side's leading run-scorer in both competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/23/Womens_National_Cricket_League_2014-15/Western_Australia_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Western Australia Women/Women's National Cricket League 2014/15 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/23/Australian_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2014-15/Western_Australia_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Western Australia Women/Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014/15 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards also captained the side, and at the end of the season was named the side's player of the year in both competitions, and awarded the Zoe Goss Medal, for being the outstanding female cricketer in Western Australia.<ref name="perthsign"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/charlotte-edwards-wins-three-awards-in-australia/ |title=Charlotte Edwards Wins Three Awards in Australia |publisher=Kent Cricket |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> The following season, she played in the inaugural season of the [[2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season|Women's Big Bash League]] for [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]].<ref name="perthsign">{{cite web|url=https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/charlotte-edwards-signs-for-perth-scorchers/ |title=Charlotte Edwards Signs for Perth Scorchers |publisher=Kent Cricket |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was her side's leading run-scorer, and the second-highest across the whole competition, with 462 runs including four half-centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=10271;type=tournament |title=Records/Women's Big Bash League, 2015/16/Most Runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

In 2016–17, Edwards played for [[South Australian Scorpions|South Australia]] in the [[2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season|Women's National Cricket League]] and their equivalent team [[Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)|Adelaide Strikers]] in the [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season|Women's Big Bash League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/southern-vipers-captain-charlotte-edwards-joins-adelaide-strikes-for-wbbl/ |title=Southern Vipers Captain Charlotte Edwards Joins Adelaide Strikers For WBBL |website=The Ageas Bowl |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She was South Australia's leading run-scorer in the Women's National Cricket League, with 312 runs including two centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/29/Womens_National_Cricket_League_2016-17/South_Australia_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for South Australia Australia Women/Women's National Cricket League 2016/17 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She scored 141 runs at an average of 20.14 in eight matches in the Women's Big Bash League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11243;team=5647;type=tournament |title=Records/Women's Big Bash League, 2016/17 - Adelaide Strikers Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

===Other cricket===
Edwards also played in the [[Super Fours]], for [[Diamonds (Super Fours)|Diamonds]] between 2002 and 2012 and for [[Sapphires (Super Fours)|Sapphires]] in 2013.<ref name="CricketArchive"/> In the opening match of the [[2006 Super Fours]], Edwards scored her [[List A cricket|List A]] high score, scoring 199[[not out|*]] from 151 balls against Sapphires.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/99/99160.html |title=Diamonds v Sapphires, 3 June 2006 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> She also took her only career [[five-wicket haul]] in the Super Fours, in [[2005 Super Fours|2005]], taking 5/31 against V Team (the previous name of Sapphires).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/99/99246.html |title=Knight Riders v V Team, 5 June 2005 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
===Age-group international cricket===
Edwards began playing for junior [[England women's cricket team|England]] sides in 1992, and played for the side at Under-20, Under-21 and Under-23 level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_Miscellaneous_Matches.html |title=Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Charlotte Edwards |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="CricketArchive"/> She played for Junior England against [[Netherlands women's national cricket team|the Netherlands]] in a warm-up match for the [[1993 Women's Cricket World Cup]], and for England Under-21s at the [[CSA Women's Provincial Programme|1997–98 Caltrate Inter-Provincial Tournament]], South Africa's domestic 50-over tournament, which England Under-21s won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/336/336872.html |title=Junior England Women v Netherlands Women, 18 July 1993 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/Caltrate_Inter-Provincial_Tournament_1997-98.html |title=Caltrate Inter-Provincial Tournament 1997/98 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

===Early years===
Edwards made her international debut on 12 July 1996, for [[England women's cricket team|England]] against [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]] in a [[Women's Test cricket|Test match]] at [[Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford|Guildford]].<ref name="Cricinfo"/> She scored 34 in the first innings and 31 in the second innings, opening the batting both times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-women-tour-of-england-1996-62237/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-3rd-test-67504/full-scorecard |title=3rd Test, Guildford, July 12-15 1996, New Zealand Women tour of England |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> At the time of her international debut, she was 16 years old, making her the youngest woman to have played for England at the time. The record was later broken when [[Holly Colvin]] made her debut aged 15 in 2005.<ref name="Cricinfo"/>

She next played for England [[South African women's cricket team in England in 1997|against South Africa]] in 1997, making her [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) debut in the first match of the series on 15 August.<ref name="Cricinfo"/><ref name="ListA"/> In the second match of the series, Edwards scored her maiden international century, scoring 102 from 118 deliveries at the [[County Ground, Taunton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-tour-of-england-1997-62151/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-2nd-odi-67159/full-scorecard |title=2nd ODI, Taunton, August 17 1997, South Africa Women tour of England |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> At the time, she was the youngest player to score a WODI century, with the record subsequently being broken by [[Mithali Raj]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284144.html |title=Records/Women's One Day Internationals/Batting Records/Youngest Player to Score a Hundred |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She next played in the [[1997 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in India and, in England's third match of the tournament and a day short of her 18th birthday, scored a then-record WODI score of 173[[not out|*]] against [[Ireland women's cricket team|Ireland]].<ref name="Cricinfo"/><ref name="odiscorerecord"/>

In 1998, Edwards played [[Australian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 1998|against Australia]], and scored three half-centuries in the three Test series, with a high score of 87.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=1057;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/Women's Ashes, 1998 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> She next played [[Indian women's cricket team in England in 1999|against India]] in 1999, and scored her maiden Test century in the only Test match, with 108 from 249 deliveries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-women-tour-of-england-1999-61973/england-women-vs-india-women-only-test-67509/full-scorecard |title=Only Test, Shenley, July 15-18 1999, India Women tour of England |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She was, and remains, the second youngest player to hit a Women's Test match century, at 19 years and 210 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284145.html |title=Records/Women's Test Matches/Batting Records/Youngest Player to Score a Hundred |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

Edwards toured [[English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1999–2000|Australia and New Zealand]] with England in early 2000, scoring two half-centuries in the WODI series against Australia.<ref name="ListA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling.html?class=13;id=1305;type=tour |title=Records/England Women Tour of Australia, Jan-Feb 2000/All Matches |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In the summer of 2000, [[South African women's cricket team in England in 2000|South Africa toured England]] for five WODIs, with Edwards scoring two half-centuries including 96[[not out|*]] in the fourth match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/South_Africa_Women_in_England_2000/wo_England_Women_Batting.html |title=Women's ODI Batting and Fielding for England Women/South Africa Women in England 2000 |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-tour-of-england-2000-62152/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-4th-odi-67160/full-scorecard |title=4th ODI, Taunton, June 28, 2000, South Africa Women tour of England |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> At the [[2000 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in New Zealand, Edwards made her third WODI century, scoring 139[[not out|*]] against the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cricinfo-women-s-world-cup-2000-01-61240/england-women-vs-netherlands-women-2nd-match-67250/match-report |title=England makes the most of chance to prepare |date=30 November 2000 |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Injury and beyond===
In 2001, Edwards obtained a [[cruciate ligament]] injury to her right knee, requiring surgery, which meant that she missed the whole season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/23197534/edwards-daniels-ruled-cricinfo-series |title=Edwards and Daniels ruled out of CricInfo series |date=21 May 2001 |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref> She returned to play for England for the [[2002 Women's Tri-Series]].<ref name="ListA"/>

After appearing for England throughout 2003, in the [[2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket|World Series of Women's Cricket]], [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2002–03|against Australia]] and [[South African women's cricket team in England in 2003|against South Africa]], Edwards scored her first international century since 2000 in 2004, scoring 102 in a WODI [[English women's cricket team in South Africa in 2003–04|against South Africa]] at [[Buffalo Park|East London]].<ref name="ListA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-women-square-the-series-136837 |title=England women square the series |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> During England's next series, [[New Zealand women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2004|against New Zealand]], Edwards was the leading run-scorer in the WODI series, and scored 117 in the only Test match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=1008;team=1026;type=series |title=Women's ODI Batting and Fielding for England Women/New Zealand Women in England 2004 |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-women-tour-of-england-2004-62232/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-only-test-67522/full-scorecard |title=Only Test, Scarborough, August 21-24 2004, New Zealand Women tour of England |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> On the same tour, Edwards made her [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) debut, as she played in the first-ever international [[Twenty20]] match for either gender.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/international-twenty20-cricket-on-the-cards-126031 |title=International Twenty20 cricket on the cards |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-women-tour-of-england-2004-62232/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-twenty20-match-134990/full-scorecard |title=Twenty20 Match, Hove, August 5 2004, New Zealand Women tour of England |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Edwards was the leading run-scorer at the [[2005 Women's Cricket World Cup]], with 280 runs including a high score of 99 against South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=1012;type=tournament |title=Records/Women's World Cup, 2004/05/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-cup-2004-05-61271/south-africa-women-vs-england-women-18th-match-67391/full-scorecard |title=18th Match, Pretoria, March 30 2005, Women's World Cup |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> She helped England win the [[Women's Ashes]] in [[Australian women's cricket team in England in 2005|2005]], including top-scoring with 69 in the first innings of the first Test match.<ref name="Test">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_Test_Matches.html |title=Women's Test Matches played by Charlotte Edwards |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-2005-207161/england-women-vs-australia-women-1st-test-215497/match-report-1 |title=Brindle's hundred saves England |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

===International captaincy===
Ahead of England's 2005–06 [[English women's cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 2005–06|tour of Sri Lanka and India]], Edwards was made captain of the side, with regular captain [[Clare Connor]] out with a foot injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/clare-connor-misses-winter-tours-219376 |title=Clare Connor misses winter tours |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She captained her side to a 2–0 WODI victory over [[Sri Lanka women's national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in her first series as captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-sri-lanka-and-india-2005-06-221698 |title=England Women tour of Sri Lanka and India 2005/06 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> The Test match with India was drawn, with the WODI series lost 4–1, although Edwards hit two half-centuries in the WODI series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/saris-and-singing-to-round-off-a-good-tour-229192 |title=Saris and singing to round off a good tour |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-sri-lanka-and-india-2005-06-221698/india-women-vs-england-women-1st-odi-227420/full-scorecard |title=1st ODI, Faridabad, November 27 2005, England Women tour of Sri Lanka and India |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-sri-lanka-and-india-2005-06-221698/india-women-vs-england-women-3rd-odi-228386/full-scorecard |title=3rd ODI, Guwahati, December 4 2005, England Women tour of Sri Lanka and India |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

Clare Connor retired from international cricket in March 2006, with Edwards named as her permanent replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/clare-connor-announces-retirement-240517 |title=Clare Connor announces retirement |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=31 March 2006 |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> Her first series in permanent charge of the side came [[Indian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2006|against India]] in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-women-name-two-uncapped-players-253084 |title=England women name two uncapped players |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=11 July 2006 |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She scored a century in the second innings of the 2nd Test match, with 105 as her side followed-on.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-women-tour-of-ireland-and-england-2006-224871/england-women-vs-india-women-2nd-test-225165/match-report |title='It was a great performance by the girls' - Sudha Shah |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> In 2007, Edwards led the side to third place in the [[2006–07 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series]], scored her maiden WT20I half-century in a one-off match against South Africa, and led the side in a victorious WT20I series and WODI series loss against New Zealand, scoring a half-century in each series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-quadrangular-series-2006-07-276211 |title=Women's Quadrangular Series 2006/07 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/125/125887.html |title=England Women v South Africa Women, 10 August 2007 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-women-tour-of-england-2007-276959 |title=New Zealand Women tour of England 2007 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3047;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/New Zealand Women in England T20I Series, 2007 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3048;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/New Zealand Women in England ODI Series, 2007 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>

In early 2008, Edwards led the side in a Women's Ashes series for the first time, on England's [[English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 2007–08|tour of Australia and New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-recall-birch-and-offer-davies-debut-319082 |title=England recall Birch and offer Davies debut |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> The side won the one-off Test match to defend the Ashes, with Edwards scoring 94 in the first innings and hitting the winning runs in the second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/giant-steps-338073 |title=Giant steps |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She was also the side's leading run-scorer in the drawn WODI series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3499;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/England Women in Australia ODI Series, 2007/08 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> She played her 100th WODI in the 4th match of the series, in which she hit 70[[not out|*]] to help her side to a 7-wicket victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-australia-and-new-zealand-2007-08-312432/australia-women-vs-england-women-4th-odi-312448/match-report |title=Edwards secures 2-1 series lead for England |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> England won their WODI series against New Zealand 3–1, with Edwards scoring two half-centuries as well as being the leading wicket-taker in the series, with 10 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3503;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/England Women in New Zealand ODI Series, 2007/08 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> In the summer of 2008, Edwards was the leading run-scorer in England's T20I [[South African women's cricket team in England in 2008|series against South Africa]], top-scoring in all three of England's innings, as well as scoring a half-century apiece in England's WODI [[West Indies women's cricket team in England, Ireland and the Netherlands in 2008|series against the West Indies]] and in their WODI series against South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=4310;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/West Indies Women in England ODI Series, 2008 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3626;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/South Africa Women in England ODI Series, 2008 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=3628;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/South Africa Women in England T20I Series, 2008 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Her 76[[not out|*]] in the third T20I against South Africa was at the time the highest score in WT20Is for England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-tour-of-england-2008-319674/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-2nd-t20i-320229/match-report |title=Edwards leads England to series win |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 August 2008 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> At the end of the 2008 season, she was awarded the [[ICC Awards#Men's awards|ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year Award]] at the ICC Awards in [[Dubai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/edwards-is-women-s-player-of-year-369202 |title=Edwards is Women's Player of Year |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 September 2008 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

===2009 World Cup double and Ashes retention===
[[File:Charlotte Edwards.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Edwards during the [[2009 Women's Cricket World Cup]].]]
In March 2009, Edwards led England at a [[2009 Women's Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lauren-griffiths-earns-world-cup-call-372008 |title=Lauren Griffiths earns World Cup call |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=1 October 2008 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards' best performance came against [[New Zealand women's cricket team|New Zealand]] in the Super Six round, where she scored her only half-century of the tournament, with 57, as well as taking 4/37 with the ball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2008-09-351827/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-14th-match-super-six-357969/match-preview |title=All-round Edwards helps England go top |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=14 March 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> The side reached the final at [[North Sydney Oval]] against New Zealand, with England emerging victorious by 4 wickets to win their third World Cup title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2008-09-351827/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-final-357980/match-report |title=England lift World Cup after late drama |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=22 March 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards was named as captain of the team of the tournament at the end of the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wwc2009/content/story/396488.html |title=Five England players in World Cup XI |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 March 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

The following summer, she led England at the [[2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20|inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20]], held in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-stick-with-world-cup-winners-402478 |title=England stick with World Cup winners |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=1 May 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She scored 61[[not out|*]] in England's opening match of the tournament, helping her side to a 10-wicket victory over [[India women's national cricket team|India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/taylor-stars-in-west-indies-win-408499 |title=Taylor stars in West Indies win |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=11 June 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Two days later, it was announced that Edwards had received an [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|MBE]] for her services to cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-awarded-mbe-408762 |title=Charlotte Edwards awarded MBE |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=13 June 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She was named Player of the Match in England's group stage victory over Pakistan, scoring 43 and taking 2/7, before leading England to the final of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2009-355925/england-women-vs-pakistan-women-12th-match-pool-b-355986/full-scorecard |title=12th Match, Pool B, Taunton, June 16 2009, ICC Women's World Twenty20 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards scored just 9 in the final at [[Lord's]], against New Zealand, but England were victorious by 6 wickets with three overs to spare.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2009-355925/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-final-355990/match-report |title=All-conquering England take title |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=21 June 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She was the third-highest run-scorer in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/wwt202009/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=4346;type=tournament |title=ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/Records/Most Runs |work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

Edwards and England topped off a victorious year by retaining [[Australian women's cricket team in England in 2009|the Women's Ashes]], drawing the one-off Test match with Australia, with Edwards scoring 53[[not out|*]] in the second innings to help secure the draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-2009-355936/england-women-vs-australia-women-only-test-383288/match-report-4 |title=England retain Ashes after draw |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=13 July 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards was absent for part of the WODI series, but scored a half-century in the fourth match of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-2009-355936/england-women-vs-australia-women-1st-odi-383283/match-report |title=Brunt and Taylor lead clinical England win |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-2009-355936/england-women-vs-australia-women-4th-odi-383286/match-report |title=England prevail in last-ball finish |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> After the Ashes, she was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|MBE]].<ref name="cbe">{{cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/england-cricketer-charlotte-edwards-made-7266771 |title=England cricketer Charlotte Edwards made a CBE in Queen's Birthday Honours |website=Berkshire Live |date=13 June 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Over the 2009–10 winter, Edwards led England on tours of [[English women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2009–10|the West Indies]] and [[English women's cricket team in India in 2009–10|India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-west-indies-2009-10-426089 |title=England Women tour of West Indies 2009/10 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-india-2009-10-438989 |title=England Women tour of India 2009/10 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

===WODI appearance record, Ashes century, and World Cups===
In 2010, Edwards led England in their disappointing [[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] campaign, as they exited in the group stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2010-412672/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-9th-match-group-a-412712/match-report |title=Wyatt and Shaw guide England to big win |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=9 May 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She scored one half-century against the [[New Zealand women's cricket team in England in 2010|touring New Zealand side]] later that summer, scoring 70 in England's 1-wicket victory in the first WODI.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-women-tour-of-england-2010-435384/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-1st-women-s-odi-435853/match-report |title=Edwards guides England to tense victory |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=10 July 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She also scored 72 in a one-off ODI [[Ireland women's cricket team in England in 2010|against Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-women-tour-of-england-2010-439401/england-women-vs-ireland-women-only-odi-439405/match-report |title=Marsh impresses as England beat Ireland |website=ESPN Cricinfo |date=7 July 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> In November 2010, England [[English women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010–11|toured Sri Lanka]], and in the 2nd WODI Edwards became the most-capped WODI player, with 142 caps, breaking the record of [[Karen Rolton]]. At the time, [[Clare Connor]], then the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]'s Head of Women's Cricket, called her "a credit to women's cricket globally, a superb role model for girls who aspire to play for their country".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/487633.html |title=England news: Charlotte Edwards achieves world record one-day cap |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> The record was later broken by [[Mithali Raj]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283484.html |title=Records/Women's One Day Internationals/Individual Records/Most matches |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She also took her WODI best bowling figures in the match, with 4/30 from her 8 overs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-sri-lanka-2010-11-475116/sri-lanka-women-vs-england-women-2nd-odi-475118/match-report |title=England take series after washout |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

In England's [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2010–11|series against Australia]] later that winter, Edwards made her first Test century in the Ashes, scoring 114[[not out|*]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-australia-2010-11-474611/australia-women-vs-england-women-only-test-474625/match-report-1 |title=Edwards ton props up England |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=22 January 2011 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> She was also the leading run-scorer in the WODI series, scoring two half-centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=6121;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/England Women in Australia ODI Series, 2010/11 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> In the summer of 2011, Edwards was England's leading run-scorer at the [[2011 NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6416;type=tournament |title=Records/NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series, 2011/Most runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Edwards led England on an unbeaten international winter in 2011–12, against [[English women's cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12|South Africa]] and [[English women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2011–12|New Zealand]], and scored a century in both WODI series: 138 in the 2nd ODI against South Africa and 137[[not out|*]] in the 2nd ODI against New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-south-africa-2011-12-527670 |title=England Women tour of South Africa 2011/12 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-new-zealand-2011-12-527673 |title=England Women tour of New Zealand 2011/12 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-south-africa-2011-12-527670/south-africa-women-vs-england-women-2nd-odi-527680/match-report |title=Edwards leads England to big win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 October 2011 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-new-zealand-2011-12-527673/new-zealand-women-vs-england-women-2nd-odi-527694/match-report |title=Edwards blitz gives England Women series |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 March 2012 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

In May 2012, Edwards was appointed to the world cricket committee of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], becoming the first woman to be appointed to the body.<ref name="mcccommittee">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/17/mcc-charlotte-edwards |title=MCC adds England captain Charlotte Edwards to world cricket committee |work=The Guardian |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards began the playing summer of 2012 by scoring 72[[not out|*]] in a one-off WT20I [[Ireland women's cricket team in England in 2012|against Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-women-tour-of-england-2012-565836/england-women-vs-ireland-women-only-t20i-565835/match-report |title=Edwards knocks Irish out of range |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Subsequently, she led England to series victories over [[Indian women's cricket team in England in 2012|India]], [[Pakistani women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2012|Pakistan]] and [[West Indies women's cricket team in England in 2012|West Indies]] in the lead-up to the [[2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20]].<ref name="odilist">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_ODI_Matches.html |title=Women's ODI Matches Played by Charlotte Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="t20ilist">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8457/Womens_International_Twenty20_Matches.html |title=Women's International Twenty20 Matches Played by Charlotte Edwards |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

England reached the final of the 2012 World Twenty20 before losing to [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]]. Edwards top-scored in both the semi-final and final for England, and scoring 50[[not out|*]] in England's group stage victory over [[India women's national cricket team|India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2012-13-533235/australia-women-vs-england-women-final-533313/match-report |title=Australia keep Women's World T20 title |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=7 October 2012 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2012-13-533235/england-women-vs-india-women-8th-match-group-a-533306/match-report |title=England, Australia clinch semi-final spot |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 September 2012 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="12worldt20final">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-twenty20-2012-13-533235/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-1st-semi-final-533311/match-report |title=All-round England reach final with easy win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer across the competition, with 172 runs, and was named Player of the Tournament.<ref name="12worldt20final"/> The World Twenty20 was followed by the [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup]], with England finishing third.<ref name="13wcthird">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2012-13-587632/england-women-vs-new-zealand-women-3rd-place-play-off-594914/match-report |title=Edwards guides England to third place |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=15 February 2013 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards scored two centuries in the tournament, 109 against India in the Group Stage and 106[[not out|*]] in the 3rd Place Play-off against [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]].<ref name="13wcthird"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2012-13-587632/india-women-vs-england-women-6th-match-group-a-594897/match-report |title=England bounce back with comfortable win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 February 2013 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> She ended the tournament as the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 292 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=7741;type=tournament |title=Records/ICC Women's World Cup, 2012/13/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

===Two Ashes victories and Cricketer of the Year===
At the start of the 2013 summer, Edwards was the leading run-scorer in England's WODI series victory [[Pakistani women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2013|against Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=8065;type=series |title=Records/Pakistan Women in England ODI Series, 2013/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> She then led England into the [[Australian women's cricket team in England in 2013|2013 Women's Ashes]] series against Australia. England won the series, which was decided on a points-based system for the first time, with Edwards scoring two half-centuries in the WODI series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-2013-592818/england-women-vs-australia-women-2nd-t20i-593727/match-report |title=Greenway stars as England reclaim Ashes |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=7911;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/Women's Ashes 2013 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> After the series, she described reclaiming the Ashes as the "proudest moment" of her career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tracking-charlotte-edwards-667687 |title=Tracking Charlotte Edwards |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> After a [[English women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2013–14|tour of the West Indies]] in October and November 2013, England again contested the Ashes, this time [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2013–14|in Australia]].<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="t20ilist"/> Edwards scored a half-century in the only Test match, and made her WT20I career high score in the first WT20I, with 92[[not out|*]] in an England 9-wicket victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-australia-2013-14-666031/australia-women-vs-england-women-only-test-666037/match-report |title=Shrubsole bowls England to 61-run win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="retain">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-australia-2013-14-666031/australia-women-vs-england-women-1st-t20i-666045/match-report |title=Edwards, Taylor help England women retain Ashes |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 January 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> England also won the series, becoming the third England Women's side to do so in Australia.<ref name="retain"/> England next played in the [[2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20]], again losing to Australia in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-t20-2013-14-628373/australia-women-vs-england-women-final-683015/match-report |title=Coyte, Lanning sparkle as Australia coast to hat-trick |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=6 April 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards was the fourth-highest run-scorer across the competition, with a high score of 80 in England's victory over [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=8084;type=tournament |title=Records/ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2013/14/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-t20-2013-14-628373/bangladesh-women-vs-england-women-11th-match-group-b-682987/match-report |title=Bowlers, Edwards steer England to win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> In April 2014, in recognition of her achievements in 2013, Edwards was named one of the five [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]], becoming the second woman to be so honoured after [[Claire Taylor]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/735623.html |title=Review: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2014 &#124; Cricinfo Magazine |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 May 2014 |date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508031115/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/735623.html |archive-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/09/joe-roote-charlotte-edwards-wisden-cricket |title=Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards honoured in latest edition of Wisden |work=The Guardian |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> She was also named the ECB Cricketer of the Year for 2013–14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/england-cricketer-year-awards-2013-2014|title=England Cricketer of Year Awards 2013–2014|publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board|date=9 June 2014|access-date=9 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185429/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/england-cricketer-year-awards-2013-2014|archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>

===Professional contract===
In May 2014, Edwards received one of the first 18 ECB central contracts, becoming one of the first English professional woman cricketers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/06/england-womens-cricket-professional-new-contracts-ecb |title=England women enter 'professional era' with award of 18 new contracts |work=The Guardian |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> In the summer of 2014, Edwards was the leading run-scorer in England's WODI [[India women's cricket team in England in 2014|series against India]] and in their WT20I [[South African women's cricket team in England in 2014|series against South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=8779;type=series |title=Records/India Women in England ODI Series, 2014/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=9061;type=series |title=Records/South Africa Women in England T20I Series, 2014/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> She scored 108[[not out|*]] in the 2nd WODI against India, and half-centuries in two of the WT20Is against South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-championship-2014-2016-17-772563/england-women-vs-india-women-2nd-odi-722391/match-report |title=Edwards ton gives England 2-0 lead |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 August 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-tour-of-england-2014-722373/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-1st-t20i-693433/match-report |title=Edwards leads England canter |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=1 September 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-tour-of-england-2014-722373/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-2nd-t20i-693435/match-report |title=SA collapse to give England series |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> In June 2014, Edwards was awarded a [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|CBE]] in the [[2014 Birthday Honours|Queen's Birthday Honours]] for service to cricket.<ref name="cbe"/> At the end of the season, she was named the first [[PCA Player of the Year awards|PCA Women's Player of the Summer]].<ref name="pca"/>

In the 2014–15 winter, Edwards scored one half-century in England's WODI series victory [[England women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15|against New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=9501;team=1026;type=series |title=Records/England Women in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 - England Women Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> In May 2015, she was named the ECB Cricketer of the Year for 2014–15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root-and-edwards-scoop-england-awards|title=Root and Edwards scoop England awards|publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board|date=18 May 2015|access-date=9 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128052953/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root-and-edwards-scoop-england-awards|archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> In the summer of 2015, she captained England in the Ashes [[Australian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015|against Australia]], with Australia regaining the Ashes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-tour-of-england-and-ireland-2015-798357/england-women-vs-australia-women-2nd-t20i-798379/match-report |title=Farrell stars as Australia reclaim Ashes |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=28 August 2015 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards passed fifty once in the series, in the second WODI.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-rallies-england-for-must-win-sequence-913729 |title=Edwards rallies England for must-win sequence |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-championship-2014-2016-17-772563/england-women-vs-australia-women-2nd-odi-798371/match-report |title=Lanning masterclass draws Australia level |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=23 July 2015 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

===2016 World Twenty20 and international retirement===
In February 2016, England played [[England women's cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16|against South Africa]], winning both the WODI and WT20I series.<ref name="twothousand">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-women-tour-of-south-africa-2015-16-907343/south-africa-women-vs-england-women-3rd-t20i-907385/match-report |title=Classy Sarah Taylor leads England to series win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=21 February 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Following this, England played in the [[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] in India, where they went out in the semi-finals against [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-t20-2015-16-901361/australia-women-vs-england-women-1st-semi-final-951415/match-report |title=Australia Women surge into fourth straight final |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Edwards was the second-highest run-scorer in the tournament, with 202 runs including half-centuries against [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]] and [[Pakistan women's national cricket team|Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-t20-2015-16-901361/bangladesh-women-vs-england-women-4th-match-group-b-951381/match-report |title=Edwards sets up comfortable England win |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-world-t20-2015-16-901361/england-women-vs-pakistan-women-19th-match-group-b-951411/match-report |title=Edwards 77* takes England Women to semis |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 March 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-twenty20-2016/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=10293;type=tournament |title=Women's World T20, 2015/16/Records/Most Runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> England's failure at the tournament, with another knockout stages defeat to Australia, was seen as a "line-in-the-sand" moment, with things needing to change in the system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/vithusan-ehantharajah-semi-final-loss-is-a-line-in-the-sand-moment-for-england-women-993189 |title=A line-in-the-sand moment for England Women |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=30 March 2015 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> After the 2016 World Twenty20, England Head Coach [[Mark Robinson (cricketer, born 1966)|Mark Robinson]] informed Edwards that she would not be selected for England's upcoming tours, intending instead to bring in younger players under new leadership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/11/charlotte-edwards-england-women-cricket-captain-retires |title=England captain Charlotte Edwards' world 'turned upside down' by sacking |work=The Guardian |date=11 May 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> Following this decision, Edwards announced her retirement from international cricket.<ref name="retirement"/> She was replaced as England captain by [[Heather Knight (cricketer)|Heather Knight]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/31996/10302677/heather-knight-appointed-england-womens-captain |title=Heather Knight appointed England women's captain |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

Edwards ended her international career with 309 appearances for England across all formats: 23 in Tests, 191 in ODIs and 95 in T20Is.<ref name="Cricinfo"/> She captained England on 220 occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/10/charlotte-edwards-stand-down-england-womens-cricket-captain |title=Charlotte Edwards ready to stand down as England women's cricket captain |work=The Guardian |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> At the end of her career, she had the second most appearances overall in Women's Test matches, and the most for England in WODIs.<ref name="testappsall"/><ref name="ODIapps"/> She was also England's second-leading run-scorer in Women's Test matches, and all-time leading run-scorer in both WODIs and WT20Is.<ref name="Testruns"/><ref name="ODIruns"/><ref name="T20Iruns"/> She was also the first player to score 2,000 runs in WT20Is.<ref name="twothousand"/>

In November 2022, in recognition of her playing achievements, she was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref name="halloffame"/>

==Post-playing career==
[[File:2017–18 W Ashes A v E Test 17-11-10 Edwards, Thomas, Bakewell.jpg|thumb|right|Edwards (left) alongside former England cricketers [[Lynne Thomas (cricketer)|Lynne Thomas]] and [[Enid Bakewell]] during the [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18|2017–18 Women's Ashes]]]]
===Coaching===
In October 2017, it was announced that Edwards was returning to her previous playing side [[Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)|Adelaide Strikers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]] as an assistant coach.<ref name="adelaidecoach">{{cite web |url=https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/charlotte-edwards-coach/2017-10-20 |title=Edwards to Return to Adelaide in Coaching Role |publisher=Adelaide Strikers |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907092757/https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/charlotte-edwards-coach/2017-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She remained in the role for five seasons.<ref name="sixerscoach"/>

In April 2018, Edwards was appointed as Director of Women's Cricket at [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], with responsibility for the management of both [[Hampshire Women cricket team|Hampshire Women]] and [[Southern Vipers]].<ref name="Hampshiredirector"/> In July 2020, following reforms to the structure of domestic women's cricket in England, Edwards became head coach of Southern Vipers.<ref name="viperscoach"/> She led the side to winning the inaugural [[2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy|Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy]] in her first season with the side, and won the title again in [[2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy|2021]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-don-t-go-changing-southern-vipers-charlotte-edwards-tells-charlotte-taylor-1233884 |title=Charlotte's web of intrigue no surprise to her namesake |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=30 September 2020 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2021-1252263/southern-vipers-vs-northern-diamonds-final-1252293/match-report |title=Emily Windsor, Tara Norris rally Vipers to title defence |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 September 2021 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> In June 2021, it was announced that the new regional [[Women's Twenty20|Twenty20]] competition would be named the [[Charlotte Edwards Cup]], in honour of Edwards.<ref name="cecnaming"/> Southern Vipers won their first Charlotte Edwards Cup in [[2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup|2022]].<ref name="cecwin"/> Edwards coached Southern Vipers to the domestic double in 2023.<ref name="double23">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2023-1347396/southern-vipers-vs-the-blaze-final-1347460/match-report |title=Windsor ties knot on Southern Vipers domestic double |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=24 September 2023 |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

Edwards also became coach of [[Southern Brave]]'s women's side ahead of the inaugural season of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]] in 2021.<ref name="bravecoach"/> The side reached the final of the first two editions of the tournament, but lost in the final both times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-hundred-women-s-competition-2022-1299144/oval-invincibles-women-vs-southern-brave-women-final-1299170/match-report |title=Marizanne Kapp stars again as Oval Invincibles retain Hundred title |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 September 2022 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> Southern Brave reached the final again in [[2023 season of The Hundred|2023]], and this time won the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66631053 |title=The Hundred: Southern Brave beat Northern Superchargers to win women's title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2023 |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>

In May 2022, Edwards was named as the head coach of [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the Women's Big Bash League from the [[2022–23 Women's Big Bash League season|2022–23 season]] onwards, moving from her assistant coach role at Adelaide Strikers.<ref name="sixerscoach"/> The side won a record eleven matches in the group stage of the competition during Edwards' first season in charge, but lost in the final to Adelaide Strikers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/wbbl-chaotic-final-days-sees-defending-champs-miss-finals/news-story/d2e4d79a67820aba4b3342d867715836 |title=WBBL: Chaotic final days sees defending champs miss finals |publisher=news.com.au |date=21 November 2022 |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wbbl-2022-23-1323553/sydney-sixers-women-vs-adelaide-strikers-women-final-1341268/match-report |title=Deandra Dottin and Darcie Brown star as Adelaide Strikers claim maiden WBBL title |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=26 November 2022 |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>

After the departure of [[Lisa Keightley]] from the head coach role of [[England women's cricket team|England Women]] in the summer of 2022, Edwards initially expressed interest in taking on the role, but later ruled herself out.<ref name="noenglandcoach"/> In February 2023, it was announced that Edwards would be the head coach of [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]] in the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]].<ref name="mumbaicoach"/> The side went on to win the [[2023 Women's Premier League (cricket)|inaugural edition]] of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-premier-league-2022-23-1348825/delhi-capitals-women-vs-mumbai-indians-women-final-1358950/match-report |title=Mumbai Indians become the first WPL champions thanks to Sciver-Brunt and Wong |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>

In November 2024, Edwards was named head coach at the newly professional Hampshire Women following the restructuring of English domestic women's cricket set to start in the 2025 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cp8xv4324rko|title=Edwards named head coach of Hampshire Women|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=1 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utilitabowl.com/cricket/news/charlotte-edwards-and-georgia-adams-named-as-hampshire-womens-head-coach-and-captain/|title=Charlotte Edwards And Georgia Adams Named As Hampshire Women’s Head Coach And Captain|publisher=Hampshire County Cricket Club|accessdate=1 November 2024}}</ref>

In April 2025, Edwards was named as Head Coach of the England Women's Cricket Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4242063/charlotte-edwards-named-new-head-coach-of-england-womens-cricket-team|title=Charlotte Edwards named new Head Coach of England Women’s cricket team|publisher=ECB|accessdate=12 May 2025}}</ref>

===Other pursuits===
Edwards regularly works as a commentator on cricket for [[Sky Sports]].<ref name="adelaidecoach"/><ref name="noenglandcoach"/> In February 2021, she became the first female president of the [[Professional Cricketers' Association]], with her term lasting for two years.<ref name="pcapres">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-unveiled-as-first-female-president-of-professional-cricketers-association-1253223 |title=Charlotte Edwards unveiled as first female president of Professional Cricketers' Association |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=26 February 2021 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>

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