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Clare Connor

England

Full name Clare Joanne Connor

Born September 1, 1976, Brighton, Sussex

Current age 32 years 308 days

Major teams England Women, Sussex Women

Also known as Des O

Batting style Right-hand bat

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Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	16	26	1	502	61	20.08			1			7
ODIs	93	77	11	1087	85*	16.46			5			25
T20Is	2	2	1	15	9*	15.00	8	187.50	0	2	0	2

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	16	23	2061	670	24	5/65	5/65	27.91	1.95	85.8	1	1
ODIs	93	83	3580	2081	80	5/49	5/49	26.01	3.48	44.7	1	1
T20Is	2	2	36	57	0	-	-	-	9.50	-	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India Women v England Women at Hyderabad (Decc), Dec 10-13, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	England Women v Australia Women at Worcester, Aug 24-27, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Denmark Women v England Women at Dublin, Jul 19, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Sep 1, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England Women v New Zealand Women at Hove, Aug 5, 2004 scorecard
Last T20I	England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Sep 2, 2005 scorecard
T20I statistics

Profile

Clare Connor finished her six-year stint as England captain by winning the Ashes, but missed the winter tour of the subcontinent that followed through injury and announced her retirement soon after, even though she was still not 30. She had been juggling a number of balls for some time. She teaches English and PE at Brighton College while heading up their PR operations, and managed to squeeze in commentary stints on Channel 4 among other media work (although she was helped by having a sabbatical). She received the MBE in 2004 and after a glittering 2005 the OBE was added to her many other achievements which include being named Vodafone Player of the Year in 2002.

An allrounder who batted right-handed and bowled slow left-armers, Connor was appointed England captain in 2000, a role which she grew into gradually. Slowly, surely, she helped to mould England into a force to be reckoned with which culminated in their 1-0 Ashes series win in 2005. England had last won the Ashes a mere 42 years before.

Connor first made the headlines when she played cricket for Brighton College 1st XI. In 2002, she became the first women to play in The Cricketer Cup when she appeared for Old Brightonians against Lancing Rovers. Other career highlights include taking a televised hat-trick for England against India in 1999.

In 2007 she was appointed as ECB's head of women's cricket

Notes

Awarded the MBE on 12th June 2004

Awarded the OBE on 31st December 2005