retaining the Women's Ashes, drawing the one-off Test match with Australia, with Edwards scoring 53* in the second innings to help secure the draw. Edwards was absent for part of the WODI series, but scored a half-century in the fourth match of the series. After the Ashes, she was awarded an MBE. Over the 2009–10 winter, Edwards led England on tours of the West Indies and India. WODI appearance record, Ashes century, and World Cups In 2010, Edwards led England in their disappointing 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 campaign, as they exited in the group stage. She scored one half-century against the touring New Zealand side later that summer, scoring 70 in England's 1-wicket victory in the first WODI. She also scored 72 in a one-off ODI against Ireland. In November 2010, England toured Sri Lanka, and in the 2nd WODI Edwards became the most-capped WODI player, with 142 caps, breaking the record of Karen Rolton. At the time, Clare Connor, then the England and Wales Cricket Board's Head of Women's Cricket, called her a "a credit to women's cricket globally, a superb role model for girls who aspire to play for their country". The record was later broken by Mithali Raj. She also took her WODI best bowling figures in the match, with 4/30 from her 8 overs. In England's series against Australia later that winter, Edwards made her first Test century in the Ashes, scoring 114*. She was also the leading run-scorer in the WODI series, scoring two half-centuries. In the summer of 2011, Edwards was England's leading run-scorer at the 2011 NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series. Edwards led England on an unbeaten international winter in 2011–12, against South Africa and New Zealand, and scored a century in both WODI series: 138 in the 2nd ODI against South Africa and 137* in the 2nd ODI against New Zealand. In May 2012, Edwards was appointed to the world cricket committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club, becoming the first woman to be appointed to the body. Edwards began the playing summer of 2012 by scoring 72* in a one-off WT20I against Ireland. Subsequently, she led England to series victories over India, Pakistan and West Indies in the lead-up to the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20. England reached the final of the 2012 World Twenty20 before losing to Australia. Edwards top-scored in both the semi-final and final for England, and scoring