Sciver-brunt 'given The Reins' To Lead Her Way - Edwards

New England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt will "have nan reins" to lead nan broadside successful her ain measurement aft Heather Knight's nine-year stint successful charge, says caput coach Charlotte Edwards.

All-rounder Sciver-Brunt was named England's full-time skipper connected Tuesday and will make her return to training adjacent week aft being connected maternity leave.

Sciver-Brunt had antecedently been Knight's vice-captain, but Edwards added that she is happy to beryllium starting pinch a "blank canvas" arsenic nan squad transitions from a difficult twelvemonth that culminated pinch a 16-0 Ashes thrashing successful January.

"She is very laid backmost and unassuming for 1 of nan champion players successful nan world," erstwhile England skipper Edwards said, speaking astatine a motorboat arena astatine Lord's for nan ICC T20 World Cup which is being hosted successful England successful 2026.

"We will beryllium moving together very intimately but connected lucifer days she'll person nan reins to spell and do what she does best, which is to lead by example.

"I'll beryllium wanting her input connected beautiful overmuch everything really because it's her squad and she's sewage to thrust it forward."

Edwards and Sciver-Brunt's first duty pinch England is simply a white-ball bid against West Indies which originates connected 21 May, and is followed by a bid against India, who are past hosting nan 50-over World Cup astatine nan extremity of September.

Sciver-Brunt has antecedently led England successful 11 T20s and erstwhile successful one-day internationals, pinch 9 of those being wins, but nan broadside struggled erstwhile she stepped successful for Knight during 2 notable high-pressure situations - nan Commonwealth Games bronze badge match and past year's calamitous T20 World Cup group shape defeat by West Indies.

But Edwards said she had nary concerns astir those results, saying nan disapproval was "unjustified" and that it is difficult to dip successful and retired of captaincy successful that way.

There had been immoderate worries regarding Sciver-Brunt's workload pinch nan captaincy, considering her value arsenic England's champion batter and 1 of their astir knowledgeable bowlers, but Edwards said she was assured that she could relieve immoderate of nan unit and let her to attraction connected nan on-field matters.

Another disapproval of England's set-up - and different facet which Edwards vowed to correct - has been nan evident deficiency of succession readying for activity roles, considering nan longevity of Knight's tenure.

"We're going to create a activity group, and it mightiness beryllium different for different bid and formats but it's thing we are really buying into.

"We person sewage to make judge we are readying for nan early and giving players experience, giving them a voice."

Edwards besides confirmed that Knight would not beryllium portion of that activity group, stating her desire for nan erstwhile skipper to attraction connected enjoying nan crippled again and conscionable batting.

England faced disapproval and scrutiny from their Ashes capitulation dissimilar ever before, pinch their off-field behaviour and cognition brought into mobility alongside nan mediocre results.

Edwards acknowledged that nan squad would beryllium changing their attack to societal media and "looking astatine our master behaviours", but added that successful her short clip successful nan domiciled she had already noticed changes.

"It is going to beryllium different and it should be, but that doesn't mean there's a correct aliases wrong. It's conscionable really Nat and I are going to do it," she said.

"The squad has been utilized to a definite measurement of doing things, but they've been awesome truthful acold and truthful receptive of everything we've talked about.

"I'm expecting america to move successful nan correct guidance rather quickly."