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Ian Chadband

Aussie coach takes helm of Mumbai Indians women's team

Australian Lisa Keightley is the new coach of the successful Mumbai Indians WPL team. (Cricket Australia - Glenn Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Double Australian World Cup winner Lisa Keightley is the latest Australian to take the reins of a Women's Premier League team in India, being appointed coach of the WPL champions Mumbai Indians.

Keightley, the 54-year-old former batting star from Mudgee, has taken up the vacancy left by former England captain Charlotte Edwards, who stepped down earlier in the year after helping Mumbai win two of the first three editions of the league.

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