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Full name Clare Joanne Connor
Born September 1, 1976, Brighton, Sussex
Current age 31 years 259 days
Major teams England Women,Sussex Women
Also known as Des O
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
16
26
1
502
61
20.08
0
1
7
0
ODIs
93
77
11
1087
85*
16.46
0
5
25
0
T20Is
2
2
1
15
9*
15.00
8
187.50
0
0
2
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
16
23
2061
670
24
5/65
5/65
27.91
1.95
85.8
1
1
0
ODIs
93
83
3580
2081
80
5/49
5/49
26.01
3.48
44.7
1
1
0
T20Is
2
2
36
57
0
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9.50
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0
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.
Jenny Thompson March 2006
Notes
Awarded the MBE on 12th June 2004
Awarded the OBE on 31st December 2005
