Jacqueline Margaret "Jackie" Court (born 22 January 1950) played 17 Test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1976 and 1987.

Born in Willesden

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, Middlesex

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, she made her One Day International debut in the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1973 for Young England against Australia. She made her Test match

Women's Test cricket

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 debut against the same opposition at the Oval in 1976 and played her last test, again against Australia, at Hove

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 in 1987. She scored 577 runs in total, with a highest score of 90 at an average of 20.60. She also took 8 test wickets. She played 27 One Day Internationals, scoring 397 runs at 23.35 with a top score of 67 and taking 16 wickets at 22.37.

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