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One of the most influential women’s players of the 20th century, England batter Janette ‘Jan’ Brittin was born today, July 4, 1959, in the town of Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, United Kingdom. She was widely regarded as one of the best fielders of her generation.
Brittin made her international debut all the way back in 1979, days before her 20th birthday, during the first One Day International (ODI) between England and the West Indies, played at the Lensbury Sports Ground in Teddington. She followed it up with her Test debut 10 days later against the same opponent at Canterbury. Only getting to bat once in the game, the right-handed batter scored 28 runs to kickstart their long and fruitful career with England.
Brittin’s best time in an England shirt came against New Zealand during the 1993 Women’s World Cup final at Lord’s. Opening the batting alongside Wendy Watson, she top-scored with 48 to help the hosts put 195 runs on the board, which ultimately proved to be the winning total. The Lionesses won their second world title after defeating the White Ferns by 67 runs.
Brittin went on to make 90 appearances for England across the two formats. She scored 2,121 runs from 63 ODI matches at an average of 42.42, with five centuries to her name. However, her Test career had even better numbers. The Surrey-born star played 27 matches in the longest format of the game to score 1,935 runs at an impressive average of 49.61. To date, she still holds the record for the most Test matches played by a female cricketer, four more than her teammate and current England Women’s head coach Charlotte Edwards.
Brittin’s tally of five Test hundreds also tops the leaderboard in the women’s game, one more than current Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland. Her best innings in the format also happened to be the penultimate game of her illustrious career. Playing against arch-rivals Australia in Harrogate, Brittin scored a mesmerising 167 off 402 deliveries, spending more than seven hours at the crease before she was dismissed by Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
Ten days later, on August 21, 1998, Brittin would go on to play her last game for England, against the Aussies at New Road in Worcester. He scored 72 in the first innings and six in the second to wrap up her 19-year-long career.
Following her retirement, Brittin served as a teacher and also coached the Surrey County Cricket Club. The trailblazing player sadly passed away aged 58 from cancer in September 2017.
Several honours came her way following her death. Surrey named a room on the top floor of the Members’ Pavilion in her honour, which provided a bird’s-eye view of the pitch below. The International Cricket Council (ICC) posthumously inducted Brittin to the Hall of Fame in 2021 for her services to women’s cricket.
As part of England’s preparations for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) named two squads from an intra-squad series, with the sides named after two of England’s legends, Brittin and Rachael Heyhoe Flint.
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