Marlene Needham is a Jamaican former

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er who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in nine

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for the

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between 1993 and 1997. She played domestic cricket for

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. Needham made her debut for the West Indies at the 1993 World Cup in England.Women's ODI matches played by Marlene Needham
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2016. She appeared in five of her team's seven matches, but scored only 26 runs. Needham was retained in the West Indian squad for the 1997 World Cup in India, but again struggled for form, making only 14 runs in four matches. Against

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, she made the highest score of her

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(ODI) career – nine runs from 18 balls. Despite finishing with an ODI career

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of just 4.44, Needham was dismissed for a

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only once, against

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at the 1997 World Cup.Women's ODI batting and fielding against each opponent by Marlene Needham
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Needham, Marlene Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) West Indian women cricketers West Indies women One Day International cricketers West Indian women cricket captains Jamaican women cricketers