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Janette Ann Brittin MBE (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 27 Tests and 63 ODIs for England between 1979 and 1998. She played domestic cricket for Sussex and Surrey.[1][2][3]

Brittin was part of the England team that triumphed in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to women's cricket.[4][5]

One of England's most successful batters, her total of 1,935 runs is a Test record, as are her five Test centuries.[6][7] She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for England.[8] Brittin holds the record for taking the most catches, 19, in Women's Cricket World Cup history.[9]

As a child, Brittin lived in Chessington, Surrey. She represented English schools at athletics, and later became a rare triple international, in indoor hockey and indoor cricket as well as cricket. She was well known for her feats of athleticism on the cricket field; her England team-mate Enid Bakewell has said that "One of the reasons they changed from playing in skirts to trousers was JB’s diving stops!"[10]

After retiring from the game in 1998 she became a teacher, but also coached at Surrey County Cricket Club. She died of cancer on 11 September 2017, aged 58.[1] In July 2019, Surrey County Cricket Club named a room in the members' pavilion in her honour.[11][12] In November 2021, she was inducted to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Mason, Peter (19 September 2017). "Jan Brittin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam 2017". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Player Profile:Jan Brittin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ Daniel Grummitt (28 January 2013). "Women's World Cup History - England 1993" – CricketWorld. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. ^ "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 14.
  6. ^ Most runs in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  7. ^ Most hundreds in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  8. ^ "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. ^ Nicholson, Raf (30 July 2019). "Janette Brittin finally given credit her genius deserves as Surrey pay homage to one of English cricket's greats". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Janette Brittin Room Officially Opened". Surrey Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Honour for Jan Brittin at The Oval". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Janette Brittin, Mahela Jayawardene and Shaun Pollock inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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