Anne Gordon

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Anne Gordon
Personal information
Full nameDorothy Anne Gordon
Born24 December 1941 (1941-12-24) (age 79)
BattingRight-hand batsman
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 65)27 December 1968 v England
Last Test15 January 1977 v India
ODI debut (cap 3)23 June 1973 v Young England
Last ODI8 August 1976 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 9 8
Runs scored 195 99
Batting average 19.50 19.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 38* 50*
Balls bowled 1808 304
Wickets 22 7
Bowling average 23.09 21.28
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a
Best bowling 5/57 3/25
Catches/stumpings 4/- 5/-
Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2007

Dorothy Anne Gordon (born 24 December 1941)[1] played nine Women's Test matches and eight Women's one-day internationals for Australia.[2] She was the captain of the Australian Women's Cricket Team in 1976. She was the first fielder to take three catches in a Women's Cricket World Cup match.[3]

Gordon lived and grew up in Moe, Gippsland, Victoria. After retiring from playing she became a selector for the Victoria Women's Cricket Association, Surrey and then England Selector and Chairwoman of England Selectors from 1992 to 1996.[citation needed] She was awarded life membership of Cricket Victoria in 2018.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anne Gordon - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Anne Gordon". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ "CV inducts four new Life Members". Cricket Victoria. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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