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Lindsay Reeler
Lindsay Anne Reeler (born 18 March 1961) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1984 and 1988. She scored a century against England in her penultimate Test match in August 1987. She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Australia, and her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales. Early career Reeler and her family moved from Zambia to Sydney, Australia, when she was 10 years old. Urged by her father, Ian, to take up cricket, she did not start playing until she was 15, and then lacked the self-discipline truly to progress. A move to opening batsman changed that, and gave her the self-confidence to improve. As a teenager, she played for Ravenswood, but craving greater competition, she trained and played with the boys at nearby Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia.''Commonwealth and Colonial Law'' by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 753 It was initially administered, as were the two earlier protectorates, by the British South Africa Company (BSAC), a chartered company, on behalf of the British Government. From 1924, it was administered by the British Government as a protectorate, under similar conditions to other British-administered protectorates, and the special provisions required when it was administered by BSAC were terminated.Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1924, S.R.O. 1924 No. 324, S.RO. & S.I. Rev VIII, 154 Although under the BSAC charter it had features of a charter colony, the BSAC's treaties with local rulers, and British legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravenswood School For Girls
, motto_translation = Always towards better things , established = 1901 , type = Independent, day and boarding , denomination = Uniting Church , slogan = Ravenswood widens her world , principal = Anne Johnstone , founder = Mabel Fidler , chair = Gail Kelly , streetaddress = 10 Henry Street , city = Gordon , state = New South Wales , postcode = 2072 , country = Australia , coordinates = , enrolment = ~1100 (Prep – Year 12) , num_employ = ~209 , gender= Girls , colours = Navy blue, gold and red , website = Ravenswood School for Girls (often referred to as Ravenswood or Ravo) is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for Prep - Year 12 girls, situated in Gordon, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1901 by Mabel Fidler (1871–1960), Ravenswood currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Prep to Year 12, including 20 boarders from Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. , Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Grouppublishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual breakup of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, in 2007. History CricInfo was launched on 15 March 1993 by Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota. It grew with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. Contrary to some reports, Badri Seshadri, who was very instrumental in CricInfo's earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Annetts
Denise Audrey Annetts (married name Denise Anderson; born 30 January 1964) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 43 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1985 and 1993. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales. Career Annetts first appeared for New South Wales in the 1983/84 season, and after a couple of low scores, she made her first half-century against Australian Capital Territory in her third match before being run out on 51. Her following match brought another half century, improving slightly to 56 before being caught. In January 1985 she was selected for the Women's Cricket Association of Australia President's XI to play the touring England side, and was subsequently named in the Australia team to face New Zealand the following month. She scored 26 * on her One Day International debut as Australia chased down a low New Zealand total to win by nine wickets. Her maiden ODI half-century came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Haggett
Belinda Jane Haggett (married name Belinda Robertson; born 12 October 1962) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 37 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1986 and 1993. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales. Cricket career A right-handed batter and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Haggett played 10 Test matches for Australia between 1987 and 1992, scoring 762 runs including four half-centuries and two centuries. On her Test debut, she scored 126 runs against England. She made a further century, and her highest Test score, in February 1991 against India, scoring 144. Haggett also played 37 One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Emerson
Denise Emerson (; born 13 May 1960) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in seven Test matches and 21 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1982 and 1987, including playing at the 1982 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Western Australia and New South Wales. Her brother Terry Alderman played at Test level for the Australian men's team. She is married to the umpire Ross Emerson Ross Alexander Emerson (born 26 February 1954) is a former Australian cricket umpire who is best known for calling Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing. He also played grade cricket for Petersham-Marrickville in the Sydne .... References External links * * Denise Emersonat southernstars.org.au 1960 births Living people Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Australia women Test cricketers Australia women One Day International cricketers Western Australia women cricketers New South Wales Breakers cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Powell (cricketer)
Jane Powell (born 19 January 1957) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She was elected as the first female President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2023 Playing career She played in six Test cricket, Test matches and 24 , with a highest score of 115* against India. Powell was captain of England at the , losing in the Final to |
Carole Hodges
Carole Ann Hodges (married name Carole Cornthwaite; born 1 September 1959) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 18 Test matches and 47 One Day Internationals for England between 1982 and 1993. She was part of the England team that won the 1993 World Cup, and took the first ever WODI hattrick in England's first game of the tournament, against Denmark. Her final WODI appearance was in the final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ... of the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Lancashire and Cheshire. References External links * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Blackpool England women One Day International cricketers England women Test crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland Women's Cricket Team
The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Ireland made its One-Day International (ODI) debut in 1987, against Australia, and the following year played at the 1988 World Cup, making the first of five appearances at the tournament. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s Ireland was considered to be a top-level team, playing regular ODI series and placing as high as fifth at the World Cup ( in 1993, out of eight teams). In 2000, the team played its only Test match, defeating Pakistan. Although it still retains ODI status, Ireland has not qualified for a World Cup since the 2005 event. The team has, however, qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 on two occasions, in 2014 and 2016. In December 2018, Cricket Ireland offered professional contracts to the women pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, and over six thousand smaller islands."British Isles", ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. They have a total area of and a combined population of almost 72 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of Ireland), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands, off the north coast of France, are normally taken to be part of the British Isles, even though they do not form part of the archipelago. The oldest rocks are 2.7 billion years old and are found in Ireland, Wales and the northwest of Scotland. During the Silurian period, the north-western regions collided with the south-east, which had been part of a separate continental landmass. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peta Verco
Peta Verco (née Peta Cook; born 2 March 1956) is a former women's cricketer for Australia whose international playing career ran from 1977 until 1985. A right-handed batter, Verco scored a century in Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last fo .... References External links * Peta Vercoat southernstars.org.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Verco, Peta 1956 births Australia women Test cricketers Australia women One Day International cricketers Living people Cricketers from Western Australia People from Moora, Western Australia Western Australia women cricketers Sportswomen from Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Dawson
Patricia Carmel Dawson (; born 9 July 1959) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in six Test matches and four One Day Internationals for Australia in 1984. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es .... References External links * * Trish Dawsonat southernstars.org.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Trish 1959 births Living people Cricketers from Sydney Australia women Test cricketers Australia women One Day International cricketers New South Wales Breakers cricketers Sportswomen from New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
