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6 unusual facts about England women's cricket team


Grace Gooder

On her only international appearance, she claimed six wickets for the concession of 42 runs in the first innings against England.

Grainville Cricket Ground

The most notable matches held on the ground came in 2002 when the England women's cricket team played a Women's One Day International Tri-Series against New Zealand Women and India Women.

Jacqueline Whitney

Jacqueline Whitney played 3 test matches for the England women's cricket team in 1966.

Katie Holtham

She started playing her club football with West Bridgford Colts (Nottingham) alongside English cricketer and Women's Ashes winner Jenny Gunn.

Sarah Collyer

Sarah Collyer is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team.

Sue Redfern

Sue Redfern is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team.


1982 Women's Cricket World Cup

The competition featured England, Australia, New Zealand, India and an International XI.

Anjum Chopra

She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 17 November 1995.

Ashley Baker

She was part of the England U-19 for the 2008 and 2009 edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

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Bank of England Ground

During the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held a single Women's One Day International between Ireland women and Australia women.

Claire Johnstone

She scored an own goal against England in November 2003, punching Kristy Moore's corner into her own net as Scotland lost 5–0 in Preston.

Clifton Park Ground

In 1973, the ground held a Women's One Day International between Australia women and Jamaica women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Dean Park Cricket Ground

One women's One-day International, between Young England and Australia, was staged at Dean Park as part of the inaugural Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973.

Dudley Park, Rangiora

Two Women's One Day Internationals have been played at Dudley Park, the first came in the 1982 Women's World Cup when New Zealand Women played Australia Women, while the second saw Australia Women play England Women in the 1991/92 Shell Tri-Series.

Ealing Cricket Club Ground

In 1973, the ground held its first Women's One Day International when Jamaica women played Trinidad and Tobago in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent

Ebony spent many years playing for Redoubtables Women's Cricket Club in Croydon but has since moved to Shepperton CC and plays alongside fellow England women's cricket team mates Nicki Shaw and Caroline Atkins.

Emma Campbell

Emma Maree Campbell (born 18 February 1982 in Timaru) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals.

Ethel Marshall

She also won the US Women's Doubles title in 1952 and 1956 with Beatrice Massman, defeating the Devlin sisters on the latter occasion who had recently won the All-England women's doubles title.

Gangotri Glades

The University of Mysore needed a quality cricket ground in Mysore and so they started constructing the stadium in 1996 and finished it in 1997,just in time for the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup and hosted a game between Denmark women and Pakistan women and later Karnataka State Cricket Association made a 20 year deal to maintain and develop this ground.

Gore Court

In the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held a single Women's One Day International between Young England women and Jamaica women.

Hesketh Park

During the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held a single Women's One Day International when Australia women played New Zealand women.

International XI women's cricket team

They took part in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, finishing in fourth place, and returned for the 1982 tournament, finishing in last place.

Jane Gough

She was born in September 1943 in Twickenham, Middlesex and played her only game for the England Women's cricket team in the 1973 World Cup against Young England Women at Illford in July 1973, scoring 33.

John Player Ground

The ground has also held 3 Women's One Day Internationals, the first of which came in 1990 when England women played Denmark women.

Julia Price

She was a member of the Australian teams which won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1997, beating New Zealand, and 2005, beating the Indian team.

Kate Blackwell

She and her identical twin sister Alex Blackwell were part of the Australian national team that won the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa.

Katherine Brown

A right-arm off-break bowler, Katherine played a test match for the English women's cricket team in 1979 against West Indies, scoring 16 in her only innings and, bowling off breaks, took two wickets in the match for 56 runs.

Kew Cricket Club Ground

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1973, when Jamaica women played New Zealand women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Lauren Bruton

Bruton scored on her debut cap for the England Under-17s side, against Greece.

Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground

The ground held its first Women's One Day International in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup between International XI women and Jamaica women.

Mamatha Maben

Mamatha Maben (b. 15 November 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer who has played four women's test matches and 40 women's one-day internationals including the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.

Maria Aronsson

She scored her first – and only – goal for the national team in a 1–1 friendly draw with England on 9 February 2006 in the Cypriot town of Achna.

Mary Waldron

In July 2010 Waldron made her One Day International debut for Ireland women's cricket team, against New Zealand at Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground.

Meir Heath Cricket Club

The ground has also held a single Women's One Day International between the Netherlands women and West Indies women in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Mike Rawding

In September 1979 the Women's Football Association (WFA) enlisted Rawding to take charge of the managerless England women's national football team for a friendly match against Denmark at Boothferry Park in Hull.

Rasanara Parwin

Rasanara Parwin (born Rasanara Kephatulla Parwin) born on May 4, 1992 is a right-arm off break bowler for the India national women's cricket team who made her debut in the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup against West Indies.

Sana Mir

Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986) is a female Pakistani cricketer of Kashmiri origin and captain of the Pakistan women's team.

Sandamali Dolawatta

Sadamali Kumuduni Dolawatte (born 10 February 1983, Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has captained the Sri Lankan women's team in eight one-day internationals, six of them at the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Sofia Lundgren

Since making her national team debut in a 6–3 win over England in March 2002, Lundgren has had to compete with Caroline Jönsson, Hedvig Lindahl and latterly Kristin Hammarström for the goalkeeper position.

Sophie Le Marchand

In the Twenty20 tournament, she was selected as a specialist batsman, with England's national women's team player Jane Smit keeping wicket for the Emeralds.

Susan Goatman

Susan Goatman, born 5 February 1945 in Thanet, Kent, is a retired cricketer who has played three women's Test matches for England and 21 women's one-day internationals including the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup in England, 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup in India and the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.

Sylvia Gore

She scored the England women's national football team's first ever goal in the first official match, a 3–2 win over Scotland in Greenock.

Walton Lea Road

During the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup the ground held a single Women's One Day International between Australia women and the Netherlands.

Wendy Owen

She was a member of the England women's national football team squad in their first official match, a 3–2 win over Scotland in Greenock.

Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground

The ground has also hosted a single Women's One Day International match between England women and Trinidad and Tobago women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The participating teams were Ireland, Japan, Pakistan, Scotland and the West Indies in addition to hosts the Netherlands.

Young England women's cricket team

The Young England women's cricket team was a team that played in the first Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973.

Zoe Goss

Goss scored 1099 ODI runs at an average of 29.70 including 7 fifties and took 64 wickets at an average of 19.15, her best bowling being 4 for 10 against Ireland in Christchurch during the 2000 World Cup.


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