Former England Women’s captain Charlotte Edwards has said she is “really disappointed” there will be no women’s international matches played at Lord’s this summer, and also called for more counties to hold women’s games at their main grounds.
Edwards was speaking at Lord’s – the scene of last year’s incredible Women’s World Cup final, when England beat India by nine runs – following an historic game played between an MCC side which she captained and Middlesex Women. Last year’s World Cup final saw the largest ever crowd for a domestic women’s cricket match in England, beating the previous record of 3,413 set by the crowd for the previous Kia Super League final, as over 5,000 people, predominantly schoolchildren, piled into the home of cricket.
“I realised how competitive I still am,” said Edwards. “I hate losing, but today wasn’t about winning or losing, it was about playing at Lord’s and it was just great that it was such a close finish. It wasn’t contrived at all, I was there to win let me tell you. And it was great to see two young players, one from England and one from Australia, out in the middle to finish the game off. What a day for Hayleigh Brennan, her first game for Middlesex and it is at Lord’s in an exhibition game!”
