Clare Connor
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| Clare Connor | ||||
 England |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Clare Joanne Nicholson (née Connor) | |||
| Nickname | Des O | |||
| Born | 1 February 1976 | |||
| Brighton, England | ||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 120) | 10 December 1995: v India women | |||
| Last Test | 24 August 2004: v Australia women | |||
| ODI debut | 19 July 1995: v Denmark women | |||
| Last ODI | 1 September 2005: v Australia women | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 1 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1991–present | Sussex women | |||
| 2004–5 | Central Districts women | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | IT20 | ||
| Matches | 16 | 93 | 2 | |
| Runs scored | 502 | 1087 | 15 | |
| Batting average | 20.08 | 16.46 | 15.00 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/5 | –/– | |
| Top score | 61 | 85* | 9* | |
| Balls bowled | 2061 | 3580 | 36 | |
| Wickets | 24 | 80 | 0 | |
| Bowling average | 27.91 | 26.01 | – | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 1 | – | |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 5/65 | 5/49 | – | |
| Catches/stumpings | 7/– | 25/0 | 2/0 | |
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As of 14 August 2007 |
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Clare Joanne Connor OBE, MBE, (born 1 September 1976 in Brighton, Sussex) is an English all-round cricketer who bats right-handed but bowls slow left arm spin. She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She took a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her retirement from international cricket in 2006. [1]
Connor first came to prominence by playing for the Brighton College (men's) team a little before her England career began. She has also appeared in The Cricketer Cup (in 2002), the first woman ever to do so. In 2004/05 she captained the England side to the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup in South Africa, and that winter also played state cricket for Central Districts Women in New Zealand.
Clare currently teaches English, P.S.H.E and PE at Brighton College while heading up their PR operations, and also spent time working for Channel 4. Prior to this, she went to the University of Manchester.
Connor was awarded the MBE in June 2004 and the OBE on 9 February 2006, along with the men's winning Ashes Team.
In 2006, she became the first woman to play for the all-star charity side, Lashings World XI [1] [2]
