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Edwards gets CBE in honours list

Jun 13, 2014: Charlotte Edwards, who was this week named England women's Player of the Year, has been awarded a CBE for services to cricket after captaining the team to back-to-back Ashes wins in 2013 and 2014

Women's cricket news

Edwards wins England player award

Jun 9, 2014: Charlotte Edwards, an England captain who was able to savour Ashes success home and away over the last 12 months, has been named the Women's Player of the Year

MCC Women v ROW Women XI, Lord's

Raj, Lanning set up win over MCC

May 19, 2014: Mithali Raj and Meg Lanning scored half-centuries before four wickets for Sana Mir helped ensure victory for a Rest of the World XI against MCC at Lord's

The annual overview of world cricket

Notes by the editor

Apr 14, 2014: Wisden's editor gives his views on how the game shaped up in 2013 and early 2014: back-to-back Ashes, Tendulkar's farewell, Johnson's fury, and the ICC revamp

Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2014

Charlotte Edwards

Apr 9, 2014: In terms of longevity, Edwards is verging on Sachin Tendulkar: after making her Test debut at 16, she remains at the top 18 years later

Australia v England, Women's World T20, Final, Mirpur

Edwards rues England's power deficit

Apr 6, 2014: Charlotte Edwards admitted other teams have "much more of a power aspect to their games" after England ended the Women's World T20 without a single six

England v Australia, Women's World T20 final, Mirpur

England peaking has Edwards confident

Apr 5, 2014: England captain Charlotte Edwards is keen to emerge champions at the Women's World T20, but downplayed talks of revenge before her side meets Australia in the final

Australia v England, Women's World T20, Final, Mirpur

Australia hunt for T20 hat-trick

Apr 5, 2014: ESPNcricinfo previews the Women's World T20 final as Australia aim for a hat-trick of titles when they face England

England v SA, Womens World T20, semi-final

Luus and Tryon's mid-pitch meeting

Apr 4, 2014: ESPNcricinfo picks the plays of the day from the second semi-final of the Women's World T20 between England and South Africa

England v South Africa, Womens World T20, semi-final, Mirpur

Edwards leads England into professional era

Apr 3, 2014: Charlotte Edwards has been around the game long enough for it to hold few surprises but when an email landed to inform her that England women cricketers were to become full-time professionals it was still a shock

Bangladesh v England, Women's World T20, Sylhet

Bowlers, Edwards steer England to win

Mar 28, 2014: Charlotte Edwards scored 80, and Danielle Hazell and Natalie Sciver shared six wickets to help England Women rout Bangladesh Women by 79 runs, boosting their net run-rate and enhancing their semi-final chances

Australia v England, 3rd women's T20, Sydney

Lanning questions women's Ashes points system

Feb 2, 2014: Meg Lanning, Australia's stand-in captain, has suggested that the format was weighted too heavily towards the sole Test, which England won

Australia v England, 1st Women's T20I, Hobart

Edwards, Taylor help England women retain Ashes

Jan 29, 2014: England made history in Hobart, winning the women's Ashes on Australian soil for only the third time, as the captain Charlotte Edwards, the player of the match, hit 92 off just 59 balls and guided the visitors to a nine-wicket victory with 13 balls to sp

Australia v England, Only women's Test, Perth, 3rd day

Cross rocks Australia after Edwards rally

Jan 12, 2014: Australia collapsed to 5 for 57 chasing just 185 as England struck repeatedly with the new ball in the final 90 minutes of play

England Women v Australia Women, 2nd T20, Ageas Bowl

Edwards hails her finest moment

Aug 29, 2013: Charlotte Edwards has achieved a huge amount in her career but she put regaining the Ashes as among her finest moments after England secured the multi-format series with a match to spare.

Australia v England, 2nd women's ODI, Hove

Bowlers help England get even

Aug 23, 2013: England women orchestrated two mini-collapses - one at the start and one in the middle-overs - to secure victory over Australia women in the second ODI at Hove and draw level

England v Australia, 1st women's ODI, Lord's

Jonassen spins Australia to victory

Aug 20, 2013: Australia Women's spin duo of Jess Jonassen and Erin Osborne shared seven wickets between them to orchestrate a batting collapse at Lord's, giving the visitors a 27-run win in the first ODI

England v Australia, Women's Ashes Test, Wormsley

Fields injury doubt as Ashes loom

Aug 10, 2013: Both teams have one or two selection questions to ponder as they prepare for the transition to a rare Test outing at the start of the points-based Ashes

Women's cricket

Edwards in charge of England quest

Aug 6, 2013: Charlotte Edwards will lead England's quest to regain the Women's Ashes which begins with the sole Test match on Sunday.

England v Pakistan, 2nd women's ODI, Loughborough

Bowlers, Edwards secure series

Jul 3, 2013: England secured a 2-0 series win with a comfortable six-wicket victory over Pakistan