Jan Brittin
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| Full name | Janette Ann Brittin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1959 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 2017 (aged 58) Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Janette Ann Brittin MBE (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017), known as Jan Brittin, was an England cricketer[1] who played 27 Tests and 63 ODIs between 1979 and 1998.[2] Her total of 1,935 runs is a Test record [3] as are her five Test centuries.[4] She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for England.[5]
Brittin's one-day record of 2,121 runs stood until 2003 when Charlotte Edwards became England's leading one-day run-scorer during the 214-run defeat of Sri Lanka. Edwards said "Jan was a very special player and it is a privilege to head the record table with someone like that". Brittin holds the record for taking the most catches in Women's Cricket World Cup history (19).[6]
As a child, Brittin lived in Chessington, Surrey. She represented English schools at athletics, and later became a rare triple international, in indoor hockey and indoor cricket as well as cricket. She was well known for her feats of athleticism on the cricket field; her England team-mate Enid Bakewell has said that "One of the reasons they changed from playing in skirts to trousers was JB’s diving stops!"[7]
After retiring from the game in 1998 she became a teacher, but also coached at Surrey County Cricket Club. She died of cancer aged 58.[8] In July 2019, Surrey County Cricket Club named a room in the members' pavilion in her honour.[9][10]
References
- ^ "In Memoriam 2017". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Mason, Peter (19 September 2017). "Jan Brittin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Most runs in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
- ^ Most hundreds in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
- ^ "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Nicholson, Raf (30 July 2019). "Janette Brittin finally given credit her genius deserves as Surrey pay homage to one of English cricket's greats". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/19/jan-brittin-obituary
- ^ "Janette Brittin Room Officially Opened". Surrey Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Honour for Jan Brittin at The Oval". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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