Lynne Thomas
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Full name | Derryth Lynne Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales | 29 September 1939|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 68) | 9 July 1966 England v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 July 1976 England v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 10/24) | 23 June 1973 England v International XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 February 1982 International XI v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1966–1986 | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2021 |
Derryth Lynne Thomas (born 29 September 1939) is a Welsh former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for England between 1966 and 1979. She also played 12 matches for, and was captain of, International XI at the 1982 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for West of England.[1][2]
She opened the batting for England when they won the 1973 World Cup, and, against International XI in England's opening game of the tournament, became the first woman to score a century in one-day international cricket.[1] In the same match, along with Enid Bakewell, Thomas set the record for the highest opening partnership in Women's Cricket World Cup history (246).[3]
She also played hockey at international level for Wales. She was a full-time P.E. teacher at Neath Girls' Grammar School.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Player Profile: Lynne Thomas". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Lynne Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Records: Women's World Cup: Highest partnerships by wicket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Biĺl (22 July 2017). "Women's world cup: Lynne Thomas and the cricket spirit of 1973". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Llanelli
- English women cricketers
- England women Test cricketers
- England women One Day International cricketers
- International XI women cricket captains
- International XI women One Day International cricketers
- West women cricketers
- Welsh women cricketers
- Women cricketers who made a century on One Day International debut
- Welsh cricket biography stubs
- English cricket biography, 1930s birth stubs