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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton at Lord's

Charlotte Edwards to make England players ‘accountable for their fitness’

Charlotte Edwards is unveiled as England women’s head coach at Lord’s
Charlotte Edwards has called on her players to ‘be honest with themselves about how they’ve performed in recent times’. Photograph: Alex Davidson/ECB/Getty Images

Charlotte Edwards has promised to make England’s players “more accountable for their fitness” as she seeks to improve the team’s fortunes after her appointment as women’s head coach.

The 45-year-old insisted that despite England women’s recent troubles against Australia they were capable of winning this year’s 50-over World Cup in India, saying she was “really confident we can turn things around very quickly”. Jon Lewis was sacked as coach last month after a miserable winter in which group-stage elimination at the T20 World Cup was followed by a 16-0 rout in the Ashes.

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