Enid Bakewell

Enid Bakewell

MBE
Personal information
Full name
Enid Bakewell
Born (1940-12-16) 16 December 1940 (age 83)
Newstead Village, Nottinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 70)27 December 1968 v Australia
Last Test1 July 1979 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 1)23 June 1973 v International XI
Last ODI7 February 1982 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963–1993East Midlands
1994–1999Surrey
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 12 23 39 96
Runs scored 1,078 500 2,281 2,457
Batting average 59.88 35.71 42.24 36.67
100s/50s 4/7 2/2 5/16 4/10
Top score 124 118 124 118
Balls bowled 2,698 1,313 6,939 5,139
Wickets 50 25 157 130
Bowling average 16.62 21.12 14.38 15.59
5 wickets in innings 3 0 12 2
10 wickets in match 1 0 4 0
Best bowling 7/61 3/13 8/16 5/20
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/– 23/– 28/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 March 2021

Enid Bakewell MBE (née Turton; born 16 December 1940) played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced.[1] In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88, with 4 centuries, as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. In what proved to be her final Test, she scored 68 and 112* (out of an England total of 164) and took 10 for 75 (including career-best figures in the second innings of 7-61) against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979.[2][3] Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.[4]

She, along with Lynne Thomas, set the record for the highest opening run partnership in the history of Women's Cricket World Cup (246).[5]

In 2014 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack selected her as one of the five greatest female players of all time.[6]

  1. ^ Dual table toppers
  2. ^ Scorecard, England Women v West Indies Women, Edgbaston, July 1979
  3. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2019 edition, "Notes by the Editor: The mother of farewells", p. 24.
  4. ^ "Statsguru: Women's One-Day Internationals, Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2014 edition, "The Greats of the Women's Game: A formidable quintet", by Tanya Aldred, p29.