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  Clare Connor 

 

Born 1 September 1976
Represents England (Captain retd.), Sussex (Captain), Brighton & Hove
Right Hand Bat
Left Arm Slow Bowler
Test Debut: England v India at Bahadpur, 10.12.95
ODI Debut: England v Denmark at Dublin (European Cup) 19.7.95

  • Promoted Captain of England from Vice Captain during the 1999-2000 Winter Tour to Australia and New Zealand. 

  • Left arm off spin bowler and right hand bat. 

  • Opened the batting for her County side and for England U-21 for four years. 

  • Made her England Debut in the 1995 European Cup against Denmark, making her Test Debut later that year against India. 

  • She helped England U-21 to win the 1996 European U-23 Cup, played in the 1997 World Cup.

  • Is one of only five players to take a hat-trick in One-Day Internationals, one of the three wickets being an amazing catch by Lucy Pearson. It occurred during a televised game at Northampton against India in 1999.

  • Led Sussex to top of Division 2 in the County Championships 2001 and thus promotion to Division 1.

  • Until recently she taught English and PE at her old school, Brighton College, whose team reached the finals of the Indoor Sixes (2001).

  • Captained Sussex to their first County Championship win in 2003, and subsequent championships in 2004 and 2005.

  • Retired from international cricket in 2006.

PICTURES 2002/5
Row 1 : Batting in the ODI, Grainville Ground, Jersey against India and representing Sussex in 2004.
Row 2 : Representing England in 2004.
Row 3 : Bowling at Cheltenham and batting at Stratford, against Australia in 2005.
Row 4 : Bowling during the Super 4s 2002 (King's College, Taunton). 

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                           WOMEN'S CRICKET STATISTICS
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                      Clare Connor Career Figures (Summary)
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                  Based on all matches played up to 14/02/2007
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                                    Batting

 Match type               M     I   NO  Runs   HS    Avge  100  50   Ct  St

 Test Matches            16    26    1   502   61   20.08    -   1    7   -
 One-Day International   70    63    9   799   85*  14.79    -   3   22   -
 World Cup               20    14    2   288   82*  24.00    -   2    2   -
 Shell Rosebowl
 European Cup             3     0    0     0    0     -      -   -    1   -
 World Cup Trophy
 Asia Cup

 Other First-Class
 Other One-Day

 All First-Class         16    26    1   502   61   20.08    -   1    7   -
 All One-Day             93    77   11  1087   85*  16.46    -   5   25   -

 All                    109   103   12  1589   85*  17.46    -   6   32   -

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                                    Bowling

 Match type              O      M     R     W   Avge  Best   5w 10w   Econ

 Test Matches          343.3  140   670    24  27.91  5-65    1   -    1.95
 One-Day International 456.2   36  1719    62  27.72  5-49    1        3.76
 World Cup             126.3   27   332    15  22.13  2-1     -        2.62
 Shell Rosebowl
 European Cup           14.5    5    30     3  10.00  2-1     -        2.02
 World Cup Trophy
 Asia Cup

 Other First-Class
 Other One-Day

 All First-Class       343.3  140   670    24  27.91  5-65    1   -    1.95
 All One-Day           597.4   68  2081    80  26.01  5-49    1        3.48

 All                   941.1  208  2751   104  26.45  5-49    2   -    2.92

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  • Promoted Captain of England from Vice Captain during the 1999-2000 Winter Tour to Australia and New Zealand.
  • Left arm off spin bowler and right hand bat.
  • Opens the batting for her County side and for England U-21 for four years.
  • Made her England Debut in the 1995 European Cup against Denmark and making her Test Debut later that year against India
  • She helped England U-21 to win the 1996 European U-23 Cup, played in the 1997 and 2000 World Cup and has 87 senior caps.(13 Test matches and 74 One Day Internationals).
  • Clare works extensively in the cricket media and joinied Channel 4's award winning team in the summer of 2003 which includes presenting on the Channel 4 cricket show. She also commentated on Test Match Special. Clare writes regular columns for 'The Wisden Cricketer' and 'The Observer'
  • Until recently she taught English and PE at her old school , Brighton College.
    02/07/2004
  • Retired from captaincy of England following Ashes series win in 2005
  • Plays for Lashings for whom she was leading wicket taker in the 2006 season
  • Returned to teaching at Brighton College and took on responsibility for PR 2006
My thanks to the Marion Collin and the ICC for permission to use these official statistics.