Charlotte Edwards Becomes First Female President Of England's Cricketers Union

England great Charlotte Edwards has become the first female president of the Professional Cricketers' Association. An outstanding top-order batsman, Edwards scored over 10,000 runs in more than 30

A four-time Ashes winner, Edwards was England captain when they won both limited-overs World Cups in 2009, while she remains the country's leading run-scorer in both women's one-day internationals and Twenty20s.

Edwards is now the coach of the Southern Vipers and will take up a similar role with the women's team at the Southern Brave in English domestic cricket's new Hundred competition, which gets underway in the upcoming 2021 season.

The 41-year-old was among the first female cricketers to receive an England central contract in 2014.

And she takes up her new post just a few months after the England and Wales Cricket Board handed out full-time domestic deals to 41 female players.

"I think the introduction of 41 new female members to the PCA has shown it's the right time to have a female PCA president, but I'm passionate about looking after the interests of the men's game as well in order to help cricket thrive as a whole," said Edwards.