Lucy Pearson (cricketer)

Lucy Charlotte Pearson (born 19 February 1972 in King's Lynn) is a teacher and former English cricketer who played 12 Women's Test matches and 62 Women's One Day Internationals. Pearson also played in the inaugural Women's Twenty20 International, taking one wicket against New Zealand.[1]

Lucy Pearson
Personal information
Full nameLucy Charlotte Pearson
Born (1972-02-19) 19 February 1972
Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
BattingLeft-hand batsman
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 124)12 July 1996 v New Zealand
Last Test21 August 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut15 July 1998 v Australia
Last ODI1 April 2005 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2004Staffordshire Women
1994–1998East Anglia Women
1992Thames Valley Women
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 12 62 1
Runs scored 33 71 –
Batting average 4.12 3.08 –
100s/50s –/– –/– –/–
Top score 18* 22* –
Balls bowled 2194 3026 24
Wickets 30 68 1
Bowling average 29.36 22.97 23.00
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7–51 3–14 1–23
Catches/stumpings 3/– 10/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 August 2008

A Fast-Medium left-arm opening bowler, her best performance was against Australia Women, taking 7–51 in the first innings of the second Test in 2003, winning the Player-of-the-Match award for match figures of 58–21–107–11, becoming only the second English woman to take 11 wickets against Australia in over 70 years.[2][3] As a result, Lucy was named (2003) Women's Player of the Year for the second time, having taken the inaugural award in 2000.[3][4] She was also nominated 2005. After guiding England to the semi-finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Pearson was forced to retire with a recurrence of the stress fracture to her ankle that forced her to miss most of the 2002 season.[5]

Pearson read English at Keble College, Oxford University,[6] where she also played hockey. She spent three and a half years as Head of Sixth Form at Solihull School, where she sang in the school choir and coached the cricket and hockey XIs.[4] In 2006, she took up a post as Deputy Head of Wellington College, also teaching English and she is a member of the cricket coaching team.[6][7] She is currently the Head of Cheadle Hulme School, which she joined in September 2010. In September 2017, Pearson announced that she would step down from this role at the end of August 2018.

In 2016 she was appointed to the Board of the ECB as the Director responsible for women's cricket.[8]

References
  1. England Women v New Zealand Women, 2004-08-05, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  2. Australia Women v England Women, 2nd Test, 2003-02-25, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  3. Lucy Pearson retires from all cricket, 2005-04-20, Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  4. Shenstonian: Valetes Archived 10 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, September 2006, Solihull School. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  5. Cricinfo Profile, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  6. Wellington College Teaching Staff Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington College. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  7. Cricket at Wellington College Archived 26 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington College. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  8. "ECB announces former England bowler Lucy Pearson will take up women's cricket role". Sky Sports. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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