Margaret Jennings (cricketer)

Margaret Jennings
Personal information
Full name Margaret Jean Jennings
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 72) 5 February 1972 v New Zealand women
Last Test 15 January 1977 v India women
ODI debut (cap 4) 23 June 1973 v Young England women's
Last ODI 13 January 1978 v England women
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 a selector for the Australian women's team for a number of years. She stepped down from the position in February 2013.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cricinfo - Margaret Jennings".
  2. ↑ "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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