Margaret Jennings (cricketer)

Margaret Jennings
Personal information
Full name
Margaret Jean Jennings
Born (1949-06-01) 1 June 1949 (age 75)
Essendon, Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 72)5 February 1972 v New Zealand
Last Test15 January 1977 v India
ODI debut (cap 4)23 June 1973 v Young England
Last ODI13 January 1978 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1970/71–1978/79Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 8 12 31 27
Runs scored 341 221 935 385
Batting average 28.41 31.57 25.97 29.61
100s/50s 1/2 0/1 1/4 0/1
Top score 104 57* 104 57*
Catches/stumpings 14/10 9/1 59/16 11/3
Source: CricketArchive, 15 November 2023

Margaret Jean Jennings (born 1 June 1949) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in eight Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1972 and 1978, and captained Australia in one Test match and three One Day Internationals. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.[1][2]

She scored 341 Test match runs with a best of 104, her only century.[1] Jennings was the first woman cricketer to keep wicket, open the batting and captain in a One Day International.[3] She is also the only woman to do this in Test cricket.[4]

After retiring from playing, Jennings was a selector for the Australian women's team for a number of years. She stepped down from the position in February 2013.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Player Profile: Margaret Jennings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Margaret Jennings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "How many people have captained, kept wicket and opened the batting in the same Test?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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