Jon Lewis named England women head coach

Jon Lewis has been named as the new lead trainer of Britain Ladies' group. The previous Britain seamer and ECB first class astounding mentor takes from Lisa Keightley, who resigned from her job in September following three years in the position.

His most memorable task as the lead trainer of the ladies' group will be the restricted overs visit through the West Indies. As it turns out, the T20 World Cup is planned to be held in South Africa, in February one year from now.

"It's extremely invigorating to have been selected as lead trainer of the Britain Ladies' group," he noted. "It's another test, and one that I can hardly hold on to stall out into. I've watched from a distance throughout the course of recent years and obviously there are a great deal of motivations to be hopeful about this group's possibilities proceeding.

"The most recent few years have seen the presentation of a few more youthful players and that, aligned with the expanded strength inside and out coming from the territorial game, is a truly encouraging sign for the approaching not many years.

"Our quick center is the West Indies, and especially getting a few focuses on the board in the ICC Ladies' Title, and afterward we'll look forward to South Africa and the ICC Ladies' T20 World Cup," he added.

The 47-year-old played one Test, 13 ODIs and two T20Is for Britain. He resigned from the game in 2014 and proceeded to serve in various jobs in the training staff at Sussex. Lewis additionally filled in as the mentor of Britain Lions.

Jonathan Finch, the ECB's overseer of Britain ladies' cricket, said: "We're truly satisfied to have the option to name Jon as the new lead trainer of Britain Ladies following an exhaustive and cutthroat enlistment process. We set off to find a lead trainer with a scope of encounters to assist with driving a thrilling gathering of players across all organizations and I'm energized with what's on the horizon with Jon in the job."