Jenny Gunn

Jennifer Louise Gunn, MBE (born 9 May 1986) is an English cricketer and a former member of the England women's team. She retired from international cricket in October 2019.

Jenny Gunn
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Louise Gunn
Born (1986-05-09) 9 May 1986
Nottingham, England
NicknameTrigger
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsBryn Gunn (father)
International information
National side
Test debut21 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last Test13 August 2014 v India
ODI debut15 February 2004 v South Africa
Last ODI13 June 2019 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.24
T20I debut5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I23 June 2018 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2015 2019 -Nottinghamshire
2006/07–2007/08SA Scorpions
2008/09Western Fury
2016–2018Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I LO
Matches 11 139 95 170
Runs scored 391 1592 658 3746
Batting average 23.00 20.15 14.30 32.57
100s/50s 0/1 0/5 0/1 5/17
Top score 62* 73 69 123
Balls bowled 2189 5684 1217 7201
Wickets 29 128 66 178
Bowling average 22.24 28.19 18.78 22.97
5 wickets in innings 1 2 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/19 5/22 5/18 5/31
Catches/stumpings 6/– 47/– 55/– 44/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 June 2019

Early career

A medium-pace bowler and lower-middle-order batsman, she is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest player Bryn Gunn. She plays for Nottinghamshire and Western Australia and made her Test debut at 17 against New Zealand at Scarborough in 2004. She also plays for Ransome & Marles CC, Newark, Nottinghamshire. A late injury forced her out of the Women's World Cup final in Sydney in 2009 but she was at the crease when England defeated New Zealand in the Twenty/20 World Championship final at Lords.

International career

She was vice-captain of the England side that beat Australia in the female version of the Ashes in 2013 and 2013-14. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.[1][2]

She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.[3] She signed Warwickshire for 2016 Women's County Championship.[4]

Gunn was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England.[5][6][7]

In March 2018, during the 2018 Women's T20I Tri Nations Series in India, Gunn became the first cricketer, male or female, to play in 100 T20 International matches.[8][9][10]

In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12]

In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[13][14] In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[15][16]

In October 2019, Gunn announced her retirement from international cricket.[17]

References
  1. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b19.
  2. Daily Telegraph, page S28, 14 June 2014.
  3. "England women earn 18 new central contracts". BBC. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. England all-rounder moves to Edgbaston from Nottinghamshire
  5. Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  6. World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  7. England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  8. "Jenny Gunn becomes the first player either male or female cricketer to play in 100 T20Is". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  9. "Jenny Gunn completes a century of T20Is, the ever cricketer to do so". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  10. "Reinvention the key as Jenny Gunn makes T20I history". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  11. "England name Women's World T20 squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  12. "Three uncapped players in England's Women's World T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  13. "Freya Davies awarded England Women contract ahead of India tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  14. "Freya Davies 'thrilled' at new full central England contract". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  15. "Fran Wilson called into England squad for Ashes ODI opener against Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  16. "England announce squad for opening Women's Ashes ODI". Times and Star. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  17. "Triple world champion Jenny Gunn retires from international cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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