Kent's Charlotte Edwards celebrates winning the Twenty20 Cup at Lord's Picture: Barry Goodwin

By Kevin Redsull

Kent's Charlotte Edwards said that leading England to victory in the World Twenty20 final at Lord's was the "proudest day of her life".

England swept New Zealand aside by six wickets on Sunday and Edwards said: "To win this on our home ground is very special."

England dismissed New Zealand for just 85, with Katharine Brunt taking 3-6 from her four overs, and then cruised past their target with three overs to spare thanks to an unbeaten 39 from World Player of the Year Claire Taylor.

It means that Edwards, 29, the 50-over World Cup.in and in the Ashes serieshas led England to three major successes this year following their triumphs against Australia

The Hartley Invicta and Kent captain added: "We wanted to win this trophy to show that the 50-over success wasn't a fluke,and there were no nerves in the dug-out. We really believed we could get those runs on a good wicket."