Jan Brittin

Jan Brittin
Personal information
Full name Janette Ann Brittin
Born (1959-07-04)4 July 1959
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Died 11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 58)
Sussex
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 27 63
Runs scored 1935 2121
Batting average 49.61 42.42
100s/50s 5/11 5/8
Top score 167 138*
Balls bowled 1188 296
Wickets 9 8
Bowling average 46.11 23.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/15 3/16
Catches/stumpings 12/- 26/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2007

Janette Ann Brittin (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017), usually known as Jan, was an England cricketer[1] who played 27 Tests and 63 ODIs between 1979 and 1998. Her total of 1,935 runs is a Test record [2] as are her five Test centuries.[3]

Brittin's one-day record of 2,121 runs stood until 2003 when Charlotte Edwards became England's leading one-day run-scorer during the 214-run defeat of Sri Lanka. Edwards said "Jan was a very special player and it is a privilege to head the record table with someone like that". Brittin holds the record for taking the most number of catches in Women's Cricket World Cup history (19).[4]

After retiring from the game in 1998 she became a teacher, but also coached at Surrey County Cricket Club. She died of cancer aged 58. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "In Memoriam 2017". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Most runs in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  3. ↑ Most hundreds in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  4. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/19/jan-brittin-obituary
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