Mumbai Indians confirmed that they have parted ways with their 2-time Women’s Premier League winning coach Charlotte Edwards, who will now be taking over the role of England Women’s head coach. After Edwards guided MI to the WPL title in 2023 and 2025, the franchise confirmed her departure with a special post and a statement via their social media handles, also wishing her the best for her new role with England.
Edwards had been an integral part of the MI women’s team since the kickstart of WPL back in 2023, and in her very first season with the side, she guided the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt to winning the inaugural title by beating Delhi Capitals. She was yet again in a key role after guiding MI to become the first team to win two WPL titles by beating the same opponents in DC, in 2025.
“Charlotte Edwards has been a leader for whom the entire #OneFamily has enormous admiration, appreciation and respect. The incredible achievements that Charlotte has driven the team towards, winning 2 titles in 3 years, developing and inspiring the girls to play their best cricket and taking the MI legacy forward and bringing joy to the MI Paltan. We wish her all the very best and are grateful for everything she has brought to our team over the past 3 years,” an MI sp spokesperson said.
Across her career as a coach, Edwards had won five Women’s Cricket Super League titles with Southern Vipers, The Hundred with the Southern Brave and then the two WPL titles with MI.
Now in her new role as the England coach, replacing Jon Lewis, she will be hoping to turn the side’s fate around which has been dire in recent past. The England women’s team suffered a semi-final exit in the 2023 T20 World Cup, followed by a group-stage exit in the 2024 edition under Lewis.
This was made worse by England’s disastrous 16-0 defeat to Australia in the Ashes, but Edwards will be hoping to turn the tides with her winning experience across different franchise leagues.
