All-rounder’s lack of involvement in selection is signal that head coach will drive new era after Ashes whitewash
England’s 16-0 whitewash at the hands of Australia earlier this year sparked widespread calls for change. On Tuesday, as the new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt gave her first press conference since she was appointed last month, the curtain finally rose just enough to give the public a tantalising glimpse at a very new-look England setup.
Twenty-four hours previously, the head coach, Charlotte Edwards, and the newly chosen national selector (whose identity is yet to be revealed) had sat down to select England’s squad to face West Indies in the series beginning on 21 May – without Sciver-Brunt’s input.
