Margaret Jennings (cricketer)
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| Full name | Margaret Jean Jennings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 72) | 5 February 1972 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 January 1977 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 4) | 23 June 1973 v Young England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 January 1978 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Jean Jennings (born 1949) captained the Australia national women's cricket team in one Test match. A right-handed batswoman and wicket-keeper, she played 8 Tests in all, scoring 341 runs with a best of 104, her only century.[1] She was born on 1 June 1949 in Essendon, Victoria and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1972, her last match came against India in 1977.
Jennings was the first woman cricketer to have kept wicket and to have open the batting as captain in the history of WODI[2]
Jennings was a selector for the Australian women's team for a number of years. She stepped down from the position in February 2013.[3]
References
- ^ "Cricinfo - Margaret Jennings".
- ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
External links
- Margaret Jennings at CricketArchive
- Margaret Jennings at southernstars.org.au
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