Margaret Jennings (cricketer)

Margaret Jennings
Personal information
Full name Margaret Jean Jennings
Batting Right-hand batsman
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 72) 5 February 1972 v New Zealand
Last Test 15 January 1977 v India
ODI debut (cap 4) 23 June 1973 v Young England
Last ODI 13 January 1978 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 8 12
Runs scored 341 221
Batting average 28.41 31.57
100s/50s 1/2 0/1
Top score 104 57*
Balls bowled - -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 14/10 9/1
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2014

Margaret Jean Jennings (born 1949) captained the Australia national women's cricket team in one Test match. A right-handed batswoman and wicket-keeper, she played 8 Tests in all, scoring 341 runs with a best of 104, her only century.[1] She was born on 1 June 1949 in Essendon, Victoria and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1972, her last match came against India in 1977.

Jennings was the first woman cricketer to have kept wicket and to have open the batting as captain in the history of WODI[2]

Jennings was a selector for the Australian women's team for a number of years. She stepped down from the position in February 2013.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cricinfo - Margaret Jennings".
  2. ↑ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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