{"id":7541,"date":"2025-05-20T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/england-coach-charlotte-edwards-to-impose-minimum-fitness-standards-for-womens-team-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:05:00","slug":"england-coach-charlotte-edwards-to-impose-minimum-fitness-standards-for-womens-team-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/england-coach-charlotte-edwards-to-impose-minimum-fitness-standards-for-womens-team-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"England coach Charlotte Edwards to impose minimum fitness standards for women’s team | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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England head coach Charlotte Edwards will impose minimum fitness standards for players from next year.<\/p>\n

Edwards succeeded Jon Lewis in the job after the latter was sacked in the wake of the 16-0 Ashes trouncing in Australia over the winter.<\/p>\n

England’s athleticism was slammed in that series, as it had been by former spinner Alex Hartley after the T20 World Cup group-stage exit following defeat to West Indies a few months earlier.<\/p>\n

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\n I see a really content group, a much more confident group ready to go out there and play. It\u2019s about us looking forward and slightly changing the way we go about things. That professionalism is something the players have really bought into.<\/span><\/p>\n