Pca Appoints Edwards As First Female President

Charlotte Edwards has become the first female President of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, after being elected by the Players’ Committee at the Association’s AGM.

The England legend succeeds the outgoing Graham Gooch, who has held the position since taking over from Andrew Flintoff in 2018. She is the ninth individual to hold the role and the first from the women’s game, and is set for an initial two-year term in the job. 

As a player, she won the Ashes four times, making over 300 international appearances across 20 years, during which she scored over 10,000 runs across all formats.

Since retiring, she has become a coach, leading Southern Vipers to victory in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy last summer – a role she will continue alongside her duties as PCA President. She is also set to combine all of this with her role as head coach of Southern Brave during the inaugural Hundred.

“I’m hugely honoured to be given such a prestigious title in being the President of the PCA,” said Edwards.

“It’s an exciting time for women’s cricket and I’m really excited about what I can bring to the role. I think the introduction of 41 new female members to the PCA has shown it’s the right time to have a female PCA President, but I’m passionate about looking after the interests of the men’s game as well in order to help cricket thrive as a whole.

“I’ve done a lot of work with the PCA, on and off the field, and it’s been quite the journey from being an amateur, to becoming a PCA member in 2011 and now helping to support the next generation of players in this role.

“I’ve always followed what the PCA are doing for the game, and in particular the work of the Professional Cricketers’ Trust, and I really do want to be as involved as I can be. The game has given me so much and now this is the perfect opportunity for me to give something back.”