Lesley Cooke (born 28th November 1963) is an
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cricketer and former member of the
England women's cricket team. She played three
Test matches against
India
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in 1986, scoring 72 and 117 as an opening batsman on her debut at
Wetherby
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. She was the youngest women at the time to score a century on her test debut. She also appeared in three
One Day Internationals
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against India in the same year. Cooke played domestic cricket for
Sussex.
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1963 births
Living people
English women cricketers
England women Test cricketers
England women One Day International cricketers
Women cricketers who made a century on Test debut
Sussex women cricketers
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