Glenys Lynne Page (11 August 1940 – 7 November 2012) was a New Zealand

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er who played as a

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bowler. She appeared in two

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for

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, both at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for

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. Page made her debut in New Zealand's inaugural ODI match, against

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, in which she took six

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for twenty runs – the best bowling figures by a player on debut in a WODI, and the only bowler to take a six-wicket haul on WODI debut. She held the record for best bowling figures by a New Zealander in WODIs from 1973 to 1982, surpassed by Jackie Lord's performance of 6/10 against

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at the

1982 Women's Cricket World Cup The 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup, known as the 1982 Hansells Vita Fresh World Cup for sponsorship purposes, was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 10 January to 7 February 1982. Hosted by New Zealand for the first ...

. Page died in Auckland on 7 November 2012, aged 72.

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