JON LEWIS has been axed as head coach of England Women, paying the price for his team’s abject Ashes whitewash.

Lewis’s position has been hanging by a thread ever since his side were thrashed 16-0 in their multi-format series down under at the start of the year.

Having also overseen an error-strewn showing at last year’s T20 World Cup, when they were knocked out in the group stage, he has now been let go as part of a wide-ranging review by the England and Wales Cricket Board.