Analysis: ECB has hit a winner by fast-tracking Charlotte Edwards to England role By @rafnicholson.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 🏏 - ThreadSky

crickether.com • 87 days ago

Analysis: ECB has hit a winner by fast-tracking Charlotte Edwards to England role

By @rafnicholson.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 🏏

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dafrankland.bsky.social•86 days ago

I guess you could describe the process as "into the space of three weeks", with Lewis's firing announced on a Friday and Edwards announced on a Tuesday with a full week in between, but it's just 11 days between the two.

There's expedited and then there's rushed (and I'd happily hire Edwards).

rafnicholson.bsky.social•86 days ago

I did have that in the piece originally but I suppose it’s possible they fired Lewy immediately the WPL ended & then delayed announcing it, so that’s why I settled on that timescale. But yes I agree.

stellf.bsky.social•86 days ago

I would certainly be very angry if I had intended to apply (and if I were a suitably qualified candidate) and had been denied the opportunity. Arguably, Lottie would have wanted to test herself against allcomers and emerge as the winner?

dafrankland.bsky.social•86 days ago

Private businesses are entitled to recruit new employees how they like within reason, including headhunting individuals.

In this specific case, the ECB promised to use an open interview process to counter the view that they were a racist organisation handing out jobs for the boys (or girls).

dafrankland.bsky.social•86 days ago

Lewis didn't make the playoffs either, so I suppose they could have told him almost a week before the WPL finished.

Of course, it still wasn't publicly advertised and presumably you haven't heard about anyone else being interviewed so the process seems questionable.

dafrankland.bsky.social•86 days ago

I don't believe McCullum interviewed for the men's white ball role either, which was probably rationalised as being an expansion of his existing role.

It seems to suggest that the Managing Directors of Cricket aren't fans of standard recruitment procedure (or, one might argue, DEI).

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