“One thing I do know, I can’t take on any more teams!” Charlotte Edwards has her coaching hands more than brimming as head coach of Mumbai Indians, Sydney Sixers, Southern Brave and Hampshire (formerly Southern Vipers). If she wasn’t busy enough – “People think I must be mad, but I want to make a difference whilst I’ve still got the energy” – the former England captain has also just launched a foundation in her own name that seeks to help female cricketers in “under-served communities”.
After 30 minutes of discussion about the state of the women’s game at home and abroad and her thoughts on that disastrous Ashes campaign we get round to the elephant on the phone line. Edwards chooses her words carefully, conscious that the Australian dirt is still spattered with England’s blood and the dust of the fallout far from settled.
