A Female Coach Running a County Men's Team? Why Not?
18.09.26, 17:09 Updated 18.09.26, 17:14
Rich Edwards
In many ways this has been a breakthrough year for female coaches in men's sport, with Sarah Taylor's appointment as fielding coach representing the first time that a woman has been given a coaching role in a senior England team in any major sport.
Whether the door she has pushed ajar will lead to others barging it fully open remains to be seen.
But Georgia Adams - who will lead Hampshire's women in final of the Metro Bank One Day Cup - sees no reason why it can't.
The Hampshire captain has witnessed the playing revolution in women's cricket at first hand since making her county debut in 2009 at the age of just 15.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.