Jon Lewis has been axed as England Girls’s head coach after the 16-0 thrashing within the multi-format Ashes collection this winter.
England misplaced all seven matches in Australia throughout January and February, with 3-0 sweeps within the one-day worldwide and T20 worldwide collection adopted by an innings defeat within the sole Take a look at.
Lewis took cost of the ladies’s crew in November 2022 and gained 52 of his 73 video games in cost as they crew adopted an attacking type, with a spotlight securing an 8-8 Ashes draw at residence in 2023 because the facet fought again from 6-0 down.
He was unable to information England to a worldwide white-ball title throughout his tenure, although, with a semi-final defeat to hosts South Africa on the 2023 T20 World Cup adopted by a group-stage exit within the 2024 version within the United Arab Emirates.
England’s tournament-ending defeat to West Indies final 12 months got here amid a ragged fielding efficiency, during which they dropped 5 catches and regarded rudderless with captain Heather Knight off the sector nursing a calf damage.
There was no replace but on Knight’s future as captain after the Ashes debacle.
England play West Indies and India in residence white-ball fixtures this summer time earlier than travelling to India within the autumn for the 50-over World Cup.
Lewis: I labored tirelessly on this position
Lewis, previously bowling coach with the England males’s facet, mentioned: “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as head coach.
“Sadly I will not be capable of end this extremely difficult however pleasant job of creating this younger crew, while profitable and rising the ladies’s recreation on this nation.
“I have worked tirelessly with this group of young players to develop their skills and understanding of modern-day white-ball cricket, whilst still making good progress in 2024, winning 83 per cent of all our games.
England look on forlornly after their Ashes humbling concluded with an innings defeat within the day-night Take a look at on the MCG
“I am proud that we have seen unprecedented bumper crowds in 2023 and 2024 and I am determined to continue to help drive women’s cricket forward in whatever comes next for me.
“I want all of the gamers one of the best and thank them for letting me be a part of their journeys.”
Clare Connor, the managing director of England women’s cricket and deputy CEO, said: “I might prefer to thank Jon for all he has given in his time as head coach.
“He came into the role after a very challenging period for cricketers during the Covid-19 pandemic and one of his priorities was to create the right conditions for the team to flourish and develop.
Heather Knight’s future as captain stays unclear
“Under his leadership the team held off Australia to draw a thrilling 2023 Women’s Ashes – attracting record crowds with an entertaining brand of cricket – while the team’s consistent success in bilateral cricket included a remarkable eight consecutive ODI series wins for which he should take real credit.
“Whereas the current Girls’s T20 World Cup and Girls’s Ashes in Australia have been disappointing, there isn’t any doubt in regards to the expertise we’ve got out there and we’ll look to nominate a successor shortly.”
England’s Ashes tour from hell
England’s Ashes campaign was blighted by missteps, with an inability to bat against spin, regular fielding blunders and bizarre words and behaviour criticised.
Premier spinner Sophie Ecclestone refused to be interviewed by former team-mate Alex Hartley after the latter questioned England’s fitness in the wake of the T20 World Cup exit months earlier.
England’s Sophie Ecclestone refused to be interviewed by Alex Hartley throughout a chastening Ashes marketing campaign
Lewis additionally steered that England not matching as much as Australia athletically was right down to “cultural differences” between the nations, saying their opponents benefitted from an outside way of life.
Gamers additionally insisted England weren’t far off this all-conquering Australia facet however the outcomes instructed a unique story and whoever succeeds Lewis as head coach is not going to solely want to provide outcomes but in addition win again public assist.
Seamer Kate Cross mentioned just lately that the Ashes trouncing had in all probability misplaced England followers, and the rebuilding course of will started with a T20 collection at residence to West Indies from Could 21.
Edwards subsequent as England head coach?
Charlotte Edwards, an Ashes and World Cup winner as England captain, seems to be a number one candidate to interchange Lewis having adopted a stellar enjoying profession with success in teaching.
The 45-year-old has gained The Hundred with Southern Courageous, Girls’s Premier League with Mumbai Indians and many of silverware with the now-defunct Southern Vipers.
Charlotte Edwards could possibly be a contender to interchange Lewis as head coach of the England Girls’s facet
Edwards has just lately been appointed as head coach of Hampshire Girls so extricating her from that contract could possibly be tough, though she instructed the BBC’s Stumped podcast that she can be keen to assist her nationwide facet.
“I don’t care who coaches or captains the team, I just want English cricket to get back to where it should be, said Edwards. “We have got to make use of individuals who know what is going on on to assist. I really feel I am able to assist and assist the ECB.
“I’ve got great experience across county level and working in the WBBL, that hopefully somebody will pick up the phone and ask what we need to do to get better.”
One other Jon Lewis, presently head coach of the England Girls’s A facet, may additionally be within the working to succeed his namesake.
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England’s summer time fixtures
All occasions UK and Eire, all dwell on Sky Sports activities
T20 worldwide collection at residence to West Indies (Could)
- First T20: Wednesday Could 21 (6.30pm) – Spitfire Floor, Canterbury
- Second T20: Friday Could 23 (6.35pm) – The first Central County Floor, Hove
- Third T20: Monday Could 26 (2.30pm) – The Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford
One-day worldwide collection at residence to West Indies (Could-June)
- First ODI: Friday Could 30 (1pm) – County Floor, Derby
- Second ODI: Wednesday June 4 (1pm) – Uptonsteel County Floor, Leicester
- Third ODI: Saturday June 7 (11am) – The Cooper Associates County Floor, Taunton
T20 worldwide collection at residence to India (June-July)
- First T20: Saturday June 28 (2.30pm)- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Second T20: Tuesday July 1 (6.30pm) – Seat Distinctive Stadium, Bristol
- Third T20: Friday July 4 (6.35pm) – The Kia Oval London
- Fourth T20: Wednesday July 9 (6.30pm) – Emirates Outdated Trafford, Manchester
- Fifth T20: Saturday July 12 (6.35pm) – Edgbaston, Birmingham
One-day worldwide collection at residence to India (July)
- First ODI: Wednesday July 16 (1pm) – Utilita Bowl, Southampton
- Second ODI: Saturday July 19 (11am) – Lord’s, London
- Third ODI: Tuesday July 22 (1pm) – Seat Distinctive Riverside, Chester-le-Avenue
