Lucy Pearson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Lucy Charlotte Pearson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1972 Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 124) | 12 July 1996 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 21 August 2004 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut | 15 July 1998 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 April 2005 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Staffordshire Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | East Anglia Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Thames Valley Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 30 August 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucy Charlotte Pearson (born 19 February 1972 in King's Lynn) is a former English cricketer who played 12 Women's Test matches and 62 Women's One Day Internationals. Pearson also played in the inaugural Women's Twenty20 International, taking one wicket against New Zealand.[1]
A Fast-Medium left-arm opening bowler, her best performance was against Australia Women, taking 7–51 in the first innings of the second Test in 2003, winning the Player-of-the-Match award for match figures of 58-21-107-11, becoming only the second English woman to take 11 wickets against Australia in over 70 years.[2][3] As a result, Lucy was named (2003) Women's Player of the Year for the second time, having taken the inaugural award in 2000.[3][4] She was also nominated 2005. After guiding England to the semi-finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Pearson was forced to retire with a recurrence of the stress fracture to her ankle that forced her to miss most of the 2002 season.[5]
Pearson read English at Keble College, Oxford University,[6] where she also played hockey. She spent three and a half years as Head of Sixth Form at Solihull School, where she sang in the school choir and coached the cricket and hockey XIs.[4] In 2006, she took up a post as Deputy Head of Wellington College, also teaching English and she is a member of the cricket coaching team.[6][7] She is currently the Head of Cheadle Hulme School, which she joined in September 2010.
References
- ^ England Women v New Zealand Women, 2004-08-05, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ Australia Women v England Women, 2nd Test, 2003-02-25, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ a b Lucy Pearson retires from all cricket, 2005-04-20, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ a b Shenstonian: Valetes, September 2006, Solihull School. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ Cricinfo Profile, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ a b Wellington College Teaching Staff, Wellington College. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- ^ Cricket at Wellington College, Wellington College. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
External links
- Lucy Pearson at ESPNcricinfo
- Lucy Pearson at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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