: WPL: Lucknow franchise named UP Warriorz; Jon Lewis roped in as head coach, Anju Jain to be assistant coach #IndiaNEWS #Sports,Cricket New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Capri Global Holdings Private Limited,

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WPL: Lucknow franchise named UP Warriorz; Jon Lewis roped in as head coach, Anju Jain to be assistant coach #IndiaNEWS #Sports ,Cricket
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Capri Global Holdings Private Limited, owners of the Lucknow franchise in the inaugural Womens Premier League (WPL) with a winning bid of INR 757 Crores, on Friday announced the side has been named as UP Warriorz.
Jon Lewis, currently the head coach of the England womens team, has been appointed as the head coach of the team. Former India womens captain Anju Jain will be the assistant coach.
Former Australia mens cricketer Ashley Noffke is the bowling coach, while Lisa Sthalekar, the four-time World Cup winner with the Australian womens team in ODIs and T20Is, will be playing the mentors role in the side.
The 47-year old Lewis was the bowling coach for the England mens team in 2021, and worked with an elite group of bowlers in Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes during his stint with the national mens team. He played 16 times for England mens team apart from representing Gloucestershire, Surrey and Sussex in County Cricket.
I am delighted to be part of the Capri Global Holdings Private Limited family with the UP Warriorz and expect this to be a fascinating insight into the depth of cricket in India and a high-octane ride for the next couple of months.
The WPL is a huge step forward for womens cricket globally and I am excited to be an integral part of this journey. Having Anju Jain, Ashley Noffke and Lisa Sthalekar who bring in a diverse set of experiences to the dugout can only make the task a whole lot easier, Lewis said in a media release.
Anju holds the distinction of being the first Indian womens cricketer to represent the country in four ODI World Cups in an international career from 1993 to 2005. She was also India womens head coach from 2011 to 2013 and has coached Odisha, Tripura, Assam, Vidarbha and Baroda teams at domestic level.
The former wicket keeper-batter was the coach for the Tornadoes, who won their first title in the 2022 edition of the FairBreak Invitational T20 competition. She has also been the head coach for the Bangladesh womens cricket team from 2018 to 2020, in a coaching career that has spanned over 12 years.  
Meanwhile, Noffke coached Brisbane Heat to the knockout stages of four consecutive editions of the Womens Big Bash League (WBBL) in Australia, winning the title in 2019 and will also coach London Spirit in womens edition of the Hundred in the next two seasons.
We believe in the huge potential of womens cricket in India. While this is our fourth professional sports team, I believe we have just started this journey, and look forward to making significant strides. We want the team to be a source of inspiration for young women cricketers and the people in one of Indias biggest and most beautiful states, Uttar Pradesh.

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