Amid reviews of England's 16–0 women's ashes defeat in Australia, which after exiting its group-step in the T20 World Cup in October, ECB on Friday announced that Lewis had left his post.
“I have enjoyed my time as a female head coach of England,” Lewis said in a statement. “Unfortunately I will not be able to complete this incredibly challenging but pleasant work to develop this young team, while winning and increasing the game of women in this country.
“I have made tireless efforts with this group of young players to develop its skills and understanding of modern-white ball cricket, while still making good progress in 2024, winning 83% of all our games.
“I am proud that we have seen an unprecedented bumper crowd in 2023 and 2024 and I continue to help the women coming forward to pursue cricket. I wish all the players and thank me for being a part of their journey.”
“He came in a role after a very challenging period for cricketers during the epidemic, and one of their priorities was to create the right position to flourish and develop. Under his leadership, the team held Australia to attract 2023 women's ashes – to attract a record crowd with a recreational brand of cricket – to attract a record crowd.
“While the ICC Women's ash has been disappointing in the T20 World Cup and Australia, we have no doubt about the talent available and we will soon look at a successor to appoint a successor. We should be ready for an exciting summer of international cricket and to challenge two World Cups in the next 15 months, this country also includes T20 World Cup.”
Lewis was in charge since November 2022, during which the women of England won 52 of their 73 matches.
He has terminated his third season as a coach of UP Warrier, which has abolished the bottom of the WPL table in the 2025 season.
While the draw 2023 Ashes series, in which England won both white-ball legs, was seen as a mark of progress for the team, he took a backward step when a helpless fielding demonstration against the West Indies spent them a place in the knockout phase of the T20 World Cup and recently Ashes Dhabling reviewed them under rapid investigation.
The ECB said it would provide an update on a plan to “appoint a new head coach” with the West Indies and India Lump, followed by 50 overs World Cup and a Home T20 World Cup next year in India.
It was initially stated that she was interested in taking a job of a woman from England in 2022, Edwards decided to apply, women's hundred and WBBL Sydney Sixers also included a T20 competition in the domestic women's competition along with focusing on her buried franchise coaching career with Dakshin Bahadur, including a T20 competition.
Edwards has brought the southern wipers to five titles, including two Charlotte Edwards Cup win – the second as part of a domestic double in 2023 – and three women in the hundred finals of the hundred finals, winning the 2023 edition. He led Sydney Sixers in the WBBL final in his first season in-charge in 2022-23. She has been appointed as the head coach of Hampshire women under the new domestic structure starting this season in England and Wales.
Before becoming the women's head coach of England, Lewis was ECB's Elite Pace Bowling Coach from 2021, working with the Mains Test and White-Ball teams of England. He was earlier the head coach of the young Lions, joining the ECB from the coaching staff in Sussex. As a player, Lewis took more than 1,200 professional wickets in a 19 -year professional career in Glostersire, Surrey and Sussex and played 15 times for his country.
Valkerie Baynes is a general editor, women's cricket, in Espncricinfo
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