English women's cricket team
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The England women's cricket team played their first Test match
in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards
, replacing Clare Connor
after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series
win since 1963
.
were a part of the first Women's Test series, as their team led by Betty Archdale
touring Australia in the summer of 1934–35, three years after the Bodyline
tour by the men. The team and their captain received "warm" responses from the Australian crowds. Winning both the first two Tests and drawing the third, England took the first series, and also beat New Zealand
by an innings and 337 runs on the way home, where Betty Snowball
contributed an innings of 189, which was to remain a women's Test record for half a century. However, their leading player, and one of the best-known women cricketers of the era, was the allrounder Myrtle Maclagan
. She scored the first ever century in a woman's Test match on January 7, 1935.
Two years later, England suffered their first Test defeat, at the hands of Australia at Northampton. As Australia made their inaugural tour, an England team including seven debutantes conceded 300 on the first day, and despite bowling Australia out for 102 in the second innings they lost by 31 runs. England recovered to take the second Test after a first-innings 115 from Myrtle Maclagan
, who also took five wickets opening the bowling, and the third Test was drawn to ensure a 1–1 series tie.
, who also batted out the third day of the final Test to make England's only century in Australia this season to draw the game, and Myrtle Maclagan
, who hit 77 in the second Test. Both had Test experience from before the War. Maclagan was also England's leading wicket-taker on tour, with nine wickets, ahead of Hide and Mary Johnson
who took six each. However, England still beat New Zealand in their Test one month after the conclusion of the Ashes.
In 1951
, Australia toured England for the first time in 14 years. After drawing the first Test at Scarborough, England gained a lead of 38 on first innings after Mary Duggan
's five wickets, and set a target of 159, larger than any score in the previous three innings. Australia were 131 for eight after Duggan took four more wickets, but England conceded 29 for the ninth wicket. Thus, they surrendered the Ashes again, despite winning the final Test by 137 runs after another Duggan nine-wicket-haul to draw the series at 1–1.
England's next international series involve a visit from New Zealand
in 1954
. England won the first Test, despite giving up a deficit of 10 on first innings, but drew the second and third; the third Test saw a whole day's play lost to rain. Excluding one-offs, this was England's first series win since their inaugural series.
England went on tour of Australasia once again in 1957–58, nine years after their previous tour, but by now Mary Duggan
had taken over as captain. For a change, they began against New Zealand, where they drew both Tests; despite Duggan's five-for in the final innings, New Zealand closed on 203 for nine after being set 228 to win. They then moved on to Australia, where their series began with an abandoned match at North Sydney Oval
in February, and the second Test at St Kilda had the first day rained off. When the teams came in to bat, though, Duggan set a women's Test record; she claimed seven Australian batters, all for single-digit scores, and in 14.5 overs she conceded six runs, bettering Maclagan's previous best of seven for 10. The record stood for 38 years. However, Betty Wilson
replied with seven for seven as England were bowled out for 35, three short of Australia's total, and then made a second-innings hundred as Australia set a target of 206 in 64 overs. England lost eight wickets for 76, but still managed the draw, while Wilson claimed four wickets to become the first Test player to score a hundred and take ten wickets in a match.
Wilson also hit a hundred in the third Test at Adelaide, but Cecilia Robinson
replied with a hundred of her own, lasting into the final day's play. With Ruth Westbrook
and Edna Barker
also scoring half-centuries, England gained a first-innings lead, but Australia batted out to make 78 for two and draw the game. The fourth Test was also drawn; England trailed by 27 going into the final day, but Robinson carried her bat
to 96 not out
as England survived 102.5 overs and set Australia a target of 162. England only got one wicket in reply, however, to draw the game.
won the series 1–0 after claiming the third Test at Durban by eight wickets. South Africa gained first innings leads in the first and last Test, however, but followed on in the second Test which was affected by rain.
In 1963
England took what was to be their last series win over Australia for 42 years. In the first Test, England made 91 for three in the final innings, but in the second match at the North Marine Road Ground
in Scarborough England were 97 behind with nine second-innings wickets in hand by the close of the second day. Wickets fell steadily throughout the third day, and England fell from 79 for four to 91 for nine; however, Eileen Vigor
and June Bragger
held on for the tenth wicket to draw the game. Three weeks later, the teams met for the third and final decider at The Oval
, and captain Mary Duggan
, in her last Test, scored her second Test century as England declared on 254 for eight. Australia replied with 205, then took two English wickets on the second day, and were set a target of 202. With Duggan and Anne Sanders
doing the brunt of the bowling, England took the first nine wickets for 133, before Australia's No. 10 and 11 built a partnership. However, Edna Barker
was brought on as the seventh bowler of the innings, and with her fourteenth ball she had Marjorie Marvell lbw to win the game for England.
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
took over the captaincy for the 1966
series against New Zealand
, and made her first Test century in her very first Test as captain. New Zealand batted out the match losing twelve wickets, however, and the first Test was drawn. In the second, New Zealand recovered from a first innings deficit to set England a target of 157, which resulted in another draw, and in the third Test England were five for three overnight on the second day, trailing by 65. Another wicket was lost on the third morning, but England held on for 100 overs and set New Zealand 84 in nine overs to win the series. England conceded 35 and could not take a wicket, but still drew the game and the series 0 – 0.
England next went on an Oceanian tour in 1968–69, defending the Ashes successfully after another 0 – 0 draw. Debutante Enid Bakewell
, aged 28, made a hundred in the first Test, but Australia declared 69 ahead, and England batted out the third day to make 192 for seven; in the second Test Edna Barker
registered a hundred, and England set a target of 181, but could only take five wickets for 108 in Australia's final innings. The decider at Sydney also saw a declaration, from Australia, who made 210 for three declared in their second innings, but England lost only six wickets in the chase to draw again.
In New Zealand, the same procedure followed: Bakewell scored her second Test hundred and took five wickets in the first drawn Test, where the third innings lasted 4.4 overs before the game was called off as a draw. She followed that up with 114 and eight wickets in the second Test, where England bowled out New Zealand for 186 on the final day, and chased 173 in 42.3 overs after 66 not out
in the second innings from Bakewell, and in the third Test New Zealand were bowled out for 214 in 68.3 overs after being set 252 to win. Bakewell made 412 runs in her five Test innings in New Zealand, and coupled that with 19 wickets, and headed both the runs and wickets tally. On the entire tour, also including matches against other opposition, Bakewell scored 1,031 runs and took 118 wickets.
agreed to organise the inaugural Women's World Cup
, which was to become the first World Cup in cricket. England fielded two sides: a Young England side, who were bowled out for 57 by Australia in the first Women's One-day International, and the senior side. In addition, three English women, Audrey Disbury
, Wendy Williams and Pamela Crain
played for the International XI.
The youngsters won one game, against Young England, while the full-strength England side won four of their first five games. In the match with New Zealand
, rain forced them off after 15 overs, at 34 for one needing 71 from the last 20, and New Zealand were declared winners on "average run rate". New Zealand were not a threat, however, having lost with two balls to spare against the International XI and by 35 runs against Australia. With the match between Australia and the International XI rained off, Australia went into the final game with a one-point advantage on England, but in "gloriously" fair weather at Edgbaston
Enid Bakewell
scored her second century of the tournament, and England tallied 273 for three. Bakewell also bowled 12 overs for 28, taking the wicket of top-scorer Jackie Potter, as England limited Australia to 187 in their 60 overs and won the World Cup.
With Clare Connor missing the 2005 winter tour, fluent middle order batsman Charlotte Edwards
was named captain for the series against Sri Lanka and India, with England easily winning the two ODIs against Sri Lanka before drawing the one Test against India while losing the 5-match ODI series 4-1. Connor announced her retirement from international cricket in 2006, with Edwards now the official captain for the series against India in England.
took nine wickets in the test match, and won the player of the match award, while long serving middle order batsman, Claire Taylor
scored two gritty fifties. Captain Charlotte Edwards
hit the winning runs, as she had at the Sydney Cricket Ground
in her 100th one day international.
was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6025193.ece, the first woman to be honoured with the award in its 120 year history.
England underlined their dominance of the women's game with victory in the inaugural Twenty/20 World Championship at Lords. After qualifying top of their preliminary group, defeating India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, they overcame a formidable Australian total in the semi-final, thanks to Claire Taylor's unbeaten 76. A spell of 3 for 6 by fast bowler Katherine Blunt saw New Zealand dismissed for 85 in the final at Lords and Player of the Series Claire Taylor saw England to victory with an unbeaten 39. England completed the season by retaining the Ashes with a draw in the one off test at New Road, Worcestershire thanks to the fast bowling of Katherine Brunt
, who took seven wickets, and dogged defensive batting from Beth Morgan, who batted nearly eight hours in the match.
(Note: England sent a Development Squad to every European Championship tournament, but it was only specifically referred to as such in 2005 & 2007.)'
Women's Test cricket
Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations...
in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
, replacing Clare Connor
Clare Connor
Clare Joanne Connor OBE, is an English all-round cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls slow left arm spin. She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She took a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her...
after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series
The Women's Ashes
The Ashes or the Women's Ashes is the Women's Test cricket series between England and Australia. It is named after the Ashes. The series was first played in 1934 and was the first ever women's Test series...
win since 1963
1963 English cricket season
The 1963 English cricket season marked the beginning of limited overs cricket at List A level with the inauguration of the knockout competition that was originally called the Gillette Cup. It also included a memorable Test series against West Indies...
.
The pioneers
EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
were a part of the first Women's Test series, as their team led by Betty Archdale
Betty Archdale
Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Archdale was an educationalist and cricketer. She was a captain of the English women's cricket team in 1934 and 1935. In 1934/35 she led the first English cricket team to tour Australia and New Zealand, the result of which was a 2-0 victory over Australia...
touring Australia in the summer of 1934–35, three years after the Bodyline
Bodyline
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman...
tour by the men. The team and their captain received "warm" responses from the Australian crowds. Winning both the first two Tests and drawing the third, England took the first series, and also beat New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
by an innings and 337 runs on the way home, where Betty Snowball
Betty Snowball
Elizabeth "Betty" Alexandra Snowball is best known as an English sportswoman. She played international cricket in the England women's cricket team, and also played international squash and lacrosse...
contributed an innings of 189, which was to remain a women's Test record for half a century. However, their leading player, and one of the best-known women cricketers of the era, was the allrounder Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Ethel Maclagan MBE was an English cricketer. She played in the first women's Test match in 1934, and was one of the best known women cricketers of her day, famous for making high scores against the Australians...
. She scored the first ever century in a woman's Test match on January 7, 1935.
Two years later, England suffered their first Test defeat, at the hands of Australia at Northampton. As Australia made their inaugural tour, an England team including seven debutantes conceded 300 on the first day, and despite bowling Australia out for 102 in the second innings they lost by 31 runs. England recovered to take the second Test after a first-innings 115 from Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Ethel Maclagan MBE was an English cricketer. She played in the first women's Test match in 1934, and was one of the best known women cricketers of her day, famous for making high scores against the Australians...
, who also took five wickets opening the bowling, and the third Test was drawn to ensure a 1–1 series tie.
Losing the Ashes
England began playing women's Test cricket again in 1948–49, when they toured Australia for a three-Test series. An England team with seven debutantes, lost the Women's Ashes to Australia after losing the first Test and drawing the final two. Two of their eleven made half-centuries on tour: Molly HideMolly Hide
Mary Edith Hide was an English cricketer. She was one of the great early women cricketers in England, and captained England for 17 years. In 1973 she was president of the Women's Cricket Association....
, who also batted out the third day of the final Test to make England's only century in Australia this season to draw the game, and Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Maclagan
Myrtle Ethel Maclagan MBE was an English cricketer. She played in the first women's Test match in 1934, and was one of the best known women cricketers of her day, famous for making high scores against the Australians...
, who hit 77 in the second Test. Both had Test experience from before the War. Maclagan was also England's leading wicket-taker on tour, with nine wickets, ahead of Hide and Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson played ten test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1948/9 and 1954 ....
who took six each. However, England still beat New Zealand in their Test one month after the conclusion of the Ashes.
In 1951
1951 English cricket season
The 1951 English cricket season produced a surprise championship win for Warwickshire, their first for forty years and only the second in their history. It was noteworthy for the period in being achieved under a professional captain, Tom Dollery...
, Australia toured England for the first time in 14 years. After drawing the first Test at Scarborough, England gained a lead of 38 on first innings after Mary Duggan
Mary Duggan
Mary Beatrice Duggan was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia in Adelaide in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at...
's five wickets, and set a target of 159, larger than any score in the previous three innings. Australia were 131 for eight after Duggan took four more wickets, but England conceded 29 for the ninth wicket. Thus, they surrendered the Ashes again, despite winning the final Test by 137 runs after another Duggan nine-wicket-haul to draw the series at 1–1.
England's next international series involve a visit from New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
in 1954
1954 English cricket season
Pakistan toured England for the first time in the 1954 English cricket season and drew the series of four Test matches.-Honours:*County Championship - Surrey*Minor Counties Championship - Surrey II...
. England won the first Test, despite giving up a deficit of 10 on first innings, but drew the second and third; the third Test saw a whole day's play lost to rain. Excluding one-offs, this was England's first series win since their inaugural series.
England went on tour of Australasia once again in 1957–58, nine years after their previous tour, but by now Mary Duggan
Mary Duggan
Mary Beatrice Duggan was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia in Adelaide in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at...
had taken over as captain. For a change, they began against New Zealand, where they drew both Tests; despite Duggan's five-for in the final innings, New Zealand closed on 203 for nine after being set 228 to win. They then moved on to Australia, where their series began with an abandoned match at North Sydney Oval
North Sydney Oval
-Development:* The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia.* The first structure built, in 1879, was a simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground...
in February, and the second Test at St Kilda had the first day rained off. When the teams came in to bat, though, Duggan set a women's Test record; she claimed seven Australian batters, all for single-digit scores, and in 14.5 overs she conceded six runs, bettering Maclagan's previous best of seven for 10. The record stood for 38 years. However, Betty Wilson
Betty Wilson
Elizabeth Rebecca "Betty" Wilson was considered one of the greatest woman cricket players of all time. She represented Australia in Women's Test cricket between 1947–48 and 1957-58...
replied with seven for seven as England were bowled out for 35, three short of Australia's total, and then made a second-innings hundred as Australia set a target of 206 in 64 overs. England lost eight wickets for 76, but still managed the draw, while Wilson claimed four wickets to become the first Test player to score a hundred and take ten wickets in a match.
Wilson also hit a hundred in the third Test at Adelaide, but Cecilia Robinson
Cecilia Robinson
Mary Cecilia Robinson is a former cricketer who played 14 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1948/49 and 1963. A right hand opening batsman she scored two Test centuries against Australia....
replied with a hundred of her own, lasting into the final day's play. With Ruth Westbrook
Ruth Westbrook
Ruth Westbrook played 11 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1963. She married England Test cricketer Roger Prideaux and they are the only married couple to have both played Test cricket. She later coached and managed the England women's team before emigrating to...
and Edna Barker
Edna Barker
Edna Barker played 15 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1968/69 .-References:...
also scoring half-centuries, England gained a first-innings lead, but Australia batted out to make 78 for two and draw the game. The fourth Test was also drawn; England trailed by 27 going into the final day, but Robinson carried her bat
Carry the bat
In cricket, the term carry the bat refers to an opening batsman who is not dismissed when the team innings is closed...
to 96 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
as England survived 102.5 overs and set Australia a target of 162. England only got one wicket in reply, however, to draw the game.
Unbeaten 1960s
After the 1950s, where England had lost two and won two Tests, England went through the 1960s without losing any of their 14 Tests, with the majority, ten, drawn. Their first series were against Test debutantes South Africa. Once again, the series had a majority of draws, but an England side captained by 23-year-old Helen SharpeHelen Sharpe
Helen Sharpe played five Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1960/61.- References :...
won the series 1–0 after claiming the third Test at Durban by eight wickets. South Africa gained first innings leads in the first and last Test, however, but followed on in the second Test which was affected by rain.
In 1963
1963 English cricket season
The 1963 English cricket season marked the beginning of limited overs cricket at List A level with the inauguration of the knockout competition that was originally called the Gillette Cup. It also included a memorable Test series against West Indies...
England took what was to be their last series win over Australia for 42 years. In the first Test, England made 91 for three in the final innings, but in the second match at the North Marine Road Ground
North Marine Road
North Marine Road Ground, formerly known as Queen's, is a cricket ground in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Scarborough Cricket Club which hosts the Scarborough Cricket Festival and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club plays a series of fixtures in the second half of the...
in Scarborough England were 97 behind with nine second-innings wickets in hand by the close of the second day. Wickets fell steadily throughout the third day, and England fell from 79 for four to 91 for nine; however, Eileen Vigor
Eileen Vigor
Eileen Vigor played 5 test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1963 and 1966.-References:...
and June Bragger
June Bragger
June Bragger played 5 test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1963 and 1966.-References:...
held on for the tenth wicket to draw the game. Three weeks later, the teams met for the third and final decider at The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, and captain Mary Duggan
Mary Duggan
Mary Beatrice Duggan was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia in Adelaide in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at...
, in her last Test, scored her second Test century as England declared on 254 for eight. Australia replied with 205, then took two English wickets on the second day, and were set a target of 202. With Duggan and Anne Sanders
Anne Sanders
Elizabeth Anne Sanders is a former cricketer who played 11 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1954 and 1968/69. An off-spin bowler she took 32 wickets at an average of 16.62.-References:...
doing the brunt of the bowling, England took the first nine wickets for 133, before Australia's No. 10 and 11 built a partnership. However, Edna Barker
Edna Barker
Edna Barker played 15 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1968/69 .-References:...
was brought on as the seventh bowler of the innings, and with her fourteenth ball she had Marjorie Marvell lbw to win the game for England.
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, OBE, DL is probably the best known female cricketer in England. She was a member of the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. She was captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six Test series...
took over the captaincy for the 1966
1966 English cricket season
The 1966 English cricket season featured an entertaining Test series between England and West Indies. The great West Indian all-rounder Gary Sobers had an outstanding series....
series against New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
, and made her first Test century in her very first Test as captain. New Zealand batted out the match losing twelve wickets, however, and the first Test was drawn. In the second, New Zealand recovered from a first innings deficit to set England a target of 157, which resulted in another draw, and in the third Test England were five for three overnight on the second day, trailing by 65. Another wicket was lost on the third morning, but England held on for 100 overs and set New Zealand 84 in nine overs to win the series. England conceded 35 and could not take a wicket, but still drew the game and the series 0 – 0.
England next went on an Oceanian tour in 1968–69, defending the Ashes successfully after another 0 – 0 draw. Debutante Enid Bakewell
Enid Bakewell
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed bat and slow left-arm bowler, on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced...
, aged 28, made a hundred in the first Test, but Australia declared 69 ahead, and England batted out the third day to make 192 for seven; in the second Test Edna Barker
Edna Barker
Edna Barker played 15 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1968/69 .-References:...
registered a hundred, and England set a target of 181, but could only take five wickets for 108 in Australia's final innings. The decider at Sydney also saw a declaration, from Australia, who made 210 for three declared in their second innings, but England lost only six wickets in the chase to draw again.
In New Zealand, the same procedure followed: Bakewell scored her second Test hundred and took five wickets in the first drawn Test, where the third innings lasted 4.4 overs before the game was called off as a draw. She followed that up with 114 and eight wickets in the second Test, where England bowled out New Zealand for 186 on the final day, and chased 173 in 42.3 overs after 66 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
in the second innings from Bakewell, and in the third Test New Zealand were bowled out for 214 in 68.3 overs after being set 252 to win. Bakewell made 412 runs in her five Test innings in New Zealand, and coupled that with 19 wickets, and headed both the runs and wickets tally. On the entire tour, also including matches against other opposition, Bakewell scored 1,031 runs and took 118 wickets.
First World Cup
West Indies had not been granted Test status yet, but England went on two tours there in 1969–70 and 1970–71, sponsored by Sir Jack Hayward. Hayward had received letters from England captain Heyhoe-Flint asking for sponsorship, and after a conversation between the two in 1971, Hayward and the Women's Cricket AssociationWomen's Cricket Association
The Women's Cricket Association was responsible for the running of women's cricket in England between 1926 and 1998. It was formed by a group of enthusiasts following a cricket holiday in Malvern...
agreed to organise the inaugural Women's World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....
, which was to become the first World Cup in cricket. England fielded two sides: a Young England side, who were bowled out for 57 by Australia in the first Women's One-day International, and the senior side. In addition, three English women, Audrey Disbury
Audrey Disbury
Audrey Delph Disbury is a former cricketer who played 10 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1957/58 and 1968/69. She also made 6 one-day appearances for the International XI women's cricket team. Her brother Brian played county cricket for Kent.-References:...
, Wendy Williams and Pamela Crain
Pamela Crain
Pamela Crain is a former East Anglia and International XI women international cricketer. She was part of the England side that toured South Africa in 1960–61, and played three One Day Internationals for International XI women.-External links:...
played for the International XI.
The youngsters won one game, against Young England, while the full-strength England side won four of their first five games. In the match with New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
, rain forced them off after 15 overs, at 34 for one needing 71 from the last 20, and New Zealand were declared winners on "average run rate". New Zealand were not a threat, however, having lost with two balls to spare against the International XI and by 35 runs against Australia. With the match between Australia and the International XI rained off, Australia went into the final game with a one-point advantage on England, but in "gloriously" fair weather at Edgbaston
Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
Enid Bakewell
Enid Bakewell
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed bat and slow left-arm bowler, on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced...
scored her second century of the tournament, and England tallied 273 for three. Bakewell also bowled 12 overs for 28, taking the wicket of top-scorer Jackie Potter, as England limited Australia to 187 in their 60 overs and won the World Cup.
2005
In the 2005 World Cup, England lost in the semi-finals to eventual winners Australia. However, England went on to win the two-Test series against Australia 1-0, claiming the Women's Ashes for the first time in 42 years. The One-Day series between the two sides was closely contested, with Australia winning the final match to take the series 3-2. The Women's team participated in the parade and celebrations held in Trafalgar Square alongside the victorious men's team.With Clare Connor missing the 2005 winter tour, fluent middle order batsman Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
was named captain for the series against Sri Lanka and India, with England easily winning the two ODIs against Sri Lanka before drawing the one Test against India while losing the 5-match ODI series 4-1. Connor announced her retirement from international cricket in 2006, with Edwards now the official captain for the series against India in England.
2008
Despite being written off as underdogs before the Australian tour began, England drew the one-day international series against Australia, two all, and retained the Ashes with a six wicket victory in the one-off test match at Bowral. Isa GuhaIsa Guha
Isa Tara Guha is an England cricketer who played in the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa . A right arm fast medium bowler, she made her Test debut at the age of 17 against India in 2002 when she was named BBC Asian Network Sports Personality of the Year...
took nine wickets in the test match, and won the player of the match award, while long serving middle order batsman, Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor
Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup...
scored two gritty fifties. Captain Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
hit the winning runs, as she had at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
in her 100th one day international.
2009
England won the 2009 World Cup, held in Australia, defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final at North Sydney Oval. They lost only one match in the tournament, against Australia, while they defeated India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. Claire Taylor was the most prolific batsman in the tournament and Laura Marsh the most successful bowler. Vice captain Nicki Shaw, restored to the team only due to injury to Jenny Gunn, took 4 wickets and hit a vital 17 not out to win the man of the match award in the final. Caroline Atkins, Sarah Taylor and captain Charlotte Edwards were prolific with the bat while bowlers Holly Colvin and Katherine Brunt dominated with the ball. Five England players were named in the composite ICC team of the tournament. Claire TaylorClaire Taylor
Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup...
was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6025193.ece, the first woman to be honoured with the award in its 120 year history.
England underlined their dominance of the women's game with victory in the inaugural Twenty/20 World Championship at Lords. After qualifying top of their preliminary group, defeating India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, they overcame a formidable Australian total in the semi-final, thanks to Claire Taylor's unbeaten 76. A spell of 3 for 6 by fast bowler Katherine Blunt saw New Zealand dismissed for 85 in the final at Lords and Player of the Series Claire Taylor saw England to victory with an unbeaten 39. England completed the season by retaining the Ashes with a draw in the one off test at New Road, Worcestershire thanks to the fast bowling of Katherine Brunt
Katherine Brunt
Katherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 ....
, who took seven wickets, and dogged defensive batting from Beth Morgan, who batted nearly eight hours in the match.
World Cup
- 1973: Winners
- 1978: Runners-up
- 1982: Runners-up
- 1988: Runners-up
- 1993: Winners
- 1997: Semi Finals
- 2000: 5th place
- 2005: Semi Finals
- 2009: Winners
European Championship
- 1989: Winners
- 1990: Winners
- 1991: Winners
- 1995: Winners
- 1999: Winners
- 2001: Runners up
- 2005: Winners (Development Squad)
- 2007: Winners (Development Squad)
(Note: England sent a Development Squad to every European Championship tournament, but it was only specifically referred to as such in 2005 & 2007.)'
Current team
Current Squad as of 2009:| Name | Age | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Domestic team | Forms | S/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain and Batsman | ||||||
| Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team.... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm leg spin Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Kent Kent Women cricket team The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they won in 2006 and 2007.-Honours:*Women's County Championship... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 23 | |
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Caroline Atkins Caroline Atkins Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008.... |
Right-handed bat | – | Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 13 | |
| Lydia Greenway Lydia Greenway Lydia Sophie Greenway is an English cricketer . She is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler. She has appeared for England in seven Tests and 32 ODI's. In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor... |
Left-handed bat | – | Kent Kent Women cricket team The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they won in 2006 and 2007.-Honours:*Women's County Championship... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 20 | |
| Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent is an English woman cricketer. She is the first black woman to play for the England team. She currently plays for Surrey Women.... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Surrey Surrey Women cricket team The Surrey Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Surrey affiliated with Surrey County Cricket Club. They play in Division Two of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
ODI, Twenty20 | 9 | |
| Claire Taylor Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup... |
Right-handed bat | – | Berkshire Berkshire Women cricket team The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Berkshire. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 6 | |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| Tammy Beaumont Tammy Beaumont Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer. She opens the batting for Kent Women, and keeps wicket.She made her debut for Kent in early 2007, batting at number five and scoring 13 not out. Her first match for the county as wicket-keeper came two months later as Kent hosted Nottinghamshire,... |
Right-handed bat | – | Kent Kent Women cricket team The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they won in 2006 and 2007.-Honours:*Women's County Championship... |
No appearances | ?? | |
| Lauren Griffiths Lauren Griffiths Lauren Patricia Griffiths is an English cricketer. She plays for Cheshire and the Sapphires in the 'super fours' regional competition. She was named, at the age of 21, in the England squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, to be held in Australia in March... |
Right-handed bat | – | Cheshire Cheshire Women cricket team The Cheshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Cheshire. They play in Division Two of the Women's County Championship.... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 14 | |
| Sarah Taylor Sarah Taylor (cricketer) Sarah Jane Taylor is an English cricketer. She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. She plays county... |
Right-handed bat | – | Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 30 | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Danielle Hazell Danielle Hazell Danielle Hazell is an English cricketer. Born in Durham in 1988 she plays for the Sapphires in the 'Super Fours' competition and was a late inclusion into England's successful World Twenty/20 squad in 2009, replacing the injured Anya Shrubsole, although she did not appear in the tournament. She... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm off-break Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Yorkshire Yorkshire Women cricket team The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
No appearances | 27 | |
| Beth Morgan | Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Middlesex Middlesex Women cricket team The Middlesex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Middlesex. They play in Division Two of the Women's County Championship.... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 22 | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Lynsey Askew Lynsey Askew Lynsey Riann Frances Askew is an English cricketer who has played for England in One-Day International matches and international Twenty20 cricket.... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Kent Kent Women cricket team The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they won in 2006 and 2007.-Honours:*Women's County Championship... |
ODI, Twenty20 | 11 | |
| Katherine Brunt Katherine Brunt Katherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 .... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Yorkshire Yorkshire Women cricket team The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 26 | |
| Stephanie Davies | Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Somerset Somerset Women cricket team The Somerset Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Somerset. Having twice finished as Women's County Championship Division Two Champions—in 2004 and 2005—and once as Division Two runners-up—in 2008—they... |
ODI | 32 | |
| Isa Guha Isa Guha Isa Tara Guha is an England cricketer who played in the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa . A right arm fast medium bowler, she made her Test debut at the age of 17 against India in 2002 when she was named BBC Asian Network Sports Personality of the Year... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Berkshire Berkshire Women cricket team The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Berkshire. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 19 | |
| Jenny Gunn Jenny Gunn Jennifer Louise Gunn is an English cricketer and a member of the current England women's team. A medium pace bowler and lower middle order batsman, she is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest player Bryn Gunn. She plays for Nottinghamshire and Western Australia and made her Test debut at 17... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Women cricket team The Nottinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Nottinghamshire. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 24 | |
| Hannah Lloyd Hannah Lloyd Hannah Jayne Knight is a former international cricketer who represented the England women's cricket team in five One Day Internationals... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Somerset Somerset Women cricket team The Somerset Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Somerset. Having twice finished as Women's County Championship Division Two Champions—in 2004 and 2005—and once as Division Two runners-up—in 2008—they... |
ODI | 18 | |
| Nicki Shaw Nicki Shaw Nicki Shaw is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and plays county cricket for Surrey, who she currently captains. She is a right arm fast medium bowler and right-handed batsman. She has played 4 tests and over 60 one... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Surrey Surrey Women cricket team The Surrey Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Surrey affiliated with Surrey County Cricket Club. They play in Division Two of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 25 | |
| Anya Shrubsole Anya Shrubsole Anya Shrubsole is an international cricketer. She has been a member of the England women's cricket team since 2008. A right-arm medium pace bowler and lower-order right-handed batsman, she plays her domestic cricket for Somerset women.... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Somerset Somerset Women cricket team The Somerset Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Somerset. Having twice finished as Women's County Championship Division Two Champions—in 2004 and 2005—and once as Division Two runners-up—in 2008—they... |
ODI, Twenty20 | 41 | |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Rosalie Birch Rosalie Birch Rosalie Anne Birch is an English cricketer and a member of the current England team. An off spinner and lower middle order batsman, she was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008.From 2003 Birch combined her cricketing career with full-time study at the... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm off-break Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 21 | |
| Holly Colvin Holly Colvin Holly Louise Colvin is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's cricket team.She currently holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England.-School level:... |
Right-handed bat | Slow left-arm orthodox Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 10 | |
| Georgia Elwiss Georgia Elwiss Georgia Elwiss is an international cricketer. She was born in Wolverhampton on May 31, 1991 and is a right arm medium fast bowler and right handed batsman. She has played for the Diamonds in the UK and gained experience with ACT Women in Australia in the 2010/11 season... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Staffordshire Staffordshire Women cricket team The Staffordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Staffordshire. They play in Division Three of the Women's County Championship.... |
No appearances | 34 | |
| Laura Marsh Laura Marsh Laura Alexandra Marsh is an English cricketer. She began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She plays country cricket for Sussex, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm off-break Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 7 | |
| Charlotte Russell Charlie Russell (cricketer) Charlotte Louise Russell is an international cricketer. She was born on February 4, 1988 in Brighton, Sussex and has played for the Diamonds, Sussex Women and the England Women's team... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm off-break Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Sussex Sussex Women cricket team The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship.-Honours:... |
ODI, Twenty20 | 3 | |
| Jo Watts Jo Watts Joanna Karen Watts is an England cricketer who played seven women's one-day internationals in 2005. An off break bowler, she claimed 4 wickets for 16 runs in two ODIs on tour against Sri Lanka.-External links:*... |
Right-handed bat | Right-arm off-break Spin bowling Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the... |
Kent Kent Women cricket team The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they won in 2006 and 2007.-Honours:*Women's County Championship... |
ODI | ?? | |
| Danielle Wyatt Danielle Wyatt Danielle Nicole Wyatt is an international cricketer. She made her debut for the England Women's Team against India in Bombay on 1 March 2010. Born on 22 April 1991 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, she is a right-handed middle order batsman and off break bowler... |
Twenty20 | 28 | ||||
Test cricket
- Highest team total: 503/5 declared v. New ZealandNew Zealand women's cricket teamThe New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
, 16 February 1935 at Lancaster Park, ChristchurchChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. - Highest individual innings: 189, Betty SnowballBetty SnowballElizabeth "Betty" Alexandra Snowball is best known as an English sportswoman. She played international cricket in the England women's cricket team, and also played international squash and lacrosse...
v. New ZealandNew Zealand women's cricket teamThe New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
, 16 February 1935 at Lancaster Park, ChristchurchChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. - Best innings bowling: 7/6, Mary DugganMary DugganMary Beatrice Duggan was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia in Adelaide in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at...
v. AustraliaAustralian women's cricket teamThe Australian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934/5, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. Since then they have improved and are generally considered the best women's cricket team in the world...
, 21 February 1958 at Junction OvalJunction OvalThe Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. - Best match bowling: 11/63, Julia GreenwoodJulia GreenwoodJulia M Greenwood is an international cricketer who played 6 test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1976 and 1979. She played 8 one day internationals between 1973 and 1979....
v. West IndiesWest Indian women's cricket teamThe West Indian women's cricket team is the team that represents the West Indies in international women's cricket matches.-Test history:The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975-76, when both the three day matches were drawn. In 1976-77 the same team then...
, 16 June 1979 at St Lawrence GroundSt Lawrence GroundThe St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent and is the home of Kent County Cricket Club. It is one of the oldest grounds on which first-class cricket is played, having been in use since 1847...
, CanterburyCanterburyCanterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Highest Run Scorers
- 1935 - J. A. Brittin
- 1594 - R. Heyhoe-Flint
- 1327 - C. M. Edwards
- 1164 - C. A. Hodges
- 1078 - E. Bakewell
- 1018 - S. C. Taylor
- 1007 - M. E. Maclagan
Highest Individual Scores
- 189 - E. A. Snowball v. New Zealand Women; Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 1934/35.
- 179 - R. Heyhoe-Flint v. Australia Women; Kennington Oval; 1976.
- 177 - S. C. Taylor v. South Africa Women; Denis Compton Oval, Shenley; 2003.
- 167 - J. A. Brittin v. Australia Women; St. George's Road, Harrogate; 1998.
- 160 - B. A. Daniels v. New Zealand Women; North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough; 1996.
- 158* - C. A. Hodges v. New Zealand Women; St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury; 1984.
Highest Wicket Takers
- 77 - M. B. Duggan
- 60 - M. E. Maclagan
- 50 - E. Bakewell
- 40 - G. E. McConway
- 37 - A. M. Starling
- 36 - M. E. Hide
- 32 - E. A. Sanders
Best Innings Bowling
- 7-6 - M. B. Duggan v. Australia Women; St. Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 1957/58.
- 7-10 - M. E. Maclagan v. Australia Women; Exhibition Ground, Brisbane; 1934/35.
- 7-34 - G. E. McConway v. India Women; County Ground, New Road, Worcester; 1986.
- 7-51 - L. C. Pearson v. Australia Women; Bankstown Oval, Sydney; 2002/03.
- 7-61 - E. Bakewell v. West Indies Women; Edgbaston, Birmingham; 1979.
- 6-46 - J. M. Greenwood v. West Indies Women; St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury; 1979.
ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 376/2 v. PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 12 December 1997 at VijayawadaVijayawadaVijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - Highest individual innings: 173 not out, Charlotte EdwardsCharlotte EdwardsCharlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
v. IrelandIrish women's cricket teamThe Irish women's cricket team is the team that represents Ireland in international women's cricket matches. Unlike their male counterparts, they currently have both Test and ODI status...
, 16 December 1997 at PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - Best innings bowling: 7/8, Jo ChamberlainJo ChamberlainJoanna Michelle Chamberlain, known as Jo, is a cricketer who played for the England women's cricket team in 9 Test matches and 39 One Day Internationals from 1987 to 1995....
v. DenmarkDanish women's cricket teamThe Danish women's cricket team was a team that represented the country of Denmark in international women's cricket matches. They were more successful than the Danish men's team, playing in two world cups, with the men never qualifying for their World Cup....
, 19 July 1991 at HaarlemHaarlemHaarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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See also
- Women's cricketWomen's cricketWomen's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket that is played by women.-History:The first recorded match of women's cricket was reported in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745, a match contested "between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white." The...
- English men's cricket teamEnglish cricket teamThe England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
- English national cricket captainsEnglish national cricket captainsThis is a list of all English national cricket captains, comprising all of the men, boys and women who have captained an English national cricket team at official international level. England played in the first Test match in 1877 and have played more Test matches, and had more captains, than any...
- List of English women Test cricketers
- English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35The English women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in 1934 and 1935. It was on this tour that the first women's Test matches were played: three against Australia, followed by one against New Zealand. England won the first two Tests against the Australians convincingly, and had the...