Belinda Clark

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Belinda Clark

Australia
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	15	118
Runs scored	919	4844
Batting average	45.95	47.49
100s/50s	2/6	5/30
Top score	136	229*

Balls bowled	78	90
Wickets	1	3
Bowling average	28.00	17.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/10	1/7
Catches/stumpings	4/-	45/-
As of 13 November 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Belinda Jane Clark AM (born 10 September 1970 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a female Australian cricketer, who has played international cricket since 1991. Together with Karen Rolton, the two have ensured that the Australian women's cricket team has been just as dominant as the men's in the 1990s and 2000s. Clark was named Wisden Australia Cricketer of the Year in 1998, and has captained the Australian women's Test side since 1994. She was also chief executive of Women's Cricket Australia.

On September 16, 2005, Clark announced her retirement after playing in 118 one-day internationals and 15 Tests. She has taken on a new role as manager of the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day honours list in January 2000, "for service to cricket, particularly through the Australian Women's Cricket Team, and to the promotion and development of the game for women and girls."

[edit] Career highlights

World Cup wins in 1997 and 2005 in South Africa, and the final in 2001
Most Test runs by an Australian (919)
Highest individual ODI score of 229 not out against Denmark in Mumbai in 1997 Women's World Cup
First double centurion (of either gender) in a one-day international.
Most runs by an Australian in the World Cup (1,151).
Australian record for Test runs (919) and ODI runs (4,844)
Australian record for ODI appearances (118) and captaincy (101)