Charlotte Marie "Lottie" Edwards CBE (born 17 December 1979) is an English former professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team. Edwards, who retired from international cricket in May 2016 and from all cricket in September 2017, was England's then youngest cricketer on her debut, and broke a world scoring record before her 18th birthday, one of many firsts in an international career of 20 years. Her leadership of the England team, from 2005, included successful Ashes series, and world titles in one-day and Twenty/20 formats of the game.
Edwards also played for Kent, Hampshire, and for teams in Australia. In addition to awards as ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, Wisden Cricketer of the Year, and ECB Cricketer of the Year awards Edwards was also appointed MBE and CBE for her services to cricket.
Edwards is the first female cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals.Edwards is the first player, either male or female, to score 2500 runs in T20 internationals.
Led England on 220 occasions. England won three Ashes series (2008, 2013 and 2014) and World Cup/World Twenty20 double in 2009 under the captaincy of Edwards.
Edwards was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.
She was also the first female cricketer to have scored 1000 runs, to take 50 wickets as well as to have taken 50 catches in Women's One Day Internationals.
Born Name
Charlotte Marie Edwards
Age
born December 17, 1979
Sun Sign
Sagittarius
Born Place
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Height
5 ft 9 in or 175.5 cm
Weight
67 kg or 147.5 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Rosie (b. 2013) and Polly (b. 2016)
Batting
Right-Handed
Bowling
Right-Arm Leg Break
Role
Top-Order Batter
