Ann McKenna
Ann McKenna (born 27 October 1943) is a New Zealand former cricketer and New Zealand field hockey player. She played in seven Tests and fourteen Women's One Day Internationals between 1969 and 1987.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 October 1943 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| International information | |
| National side | |
| Test debut (cap 58) | 28 March 1969 v England |
| Last Test | 17 March 1985 v India |
| ODI debut (cap 35) | 24 June 1984 v England |
| Last ODI | 21 January 1987 v Australia |
Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2020 | |
McKenna first represented New Zealand at hockey, doing so twice in 1967 and 1971.[2]
At cricket, opening for her team in the classical batting style was a major contributing skill, as well as being a fiercely competitive player and student of the game and leader, which led to the inevitable role of captain. She batted many a cricketball by herself to perfect her technique, tied in an old sock to a 6 foot high horizontal branch of an oak tree at her married home in Hillsborough Terrace in Christchurch. Norman Kirk prime minister of New Zealand used to live next door for a few years until his death in office in an almost identical standard weatherboard house with nearly no fencing.[3] As perennial captain of St Albans she would often put herself in at number 3, like when she made 88* and Vicki Burtt made 148*, a partnership of 242 unbroken that has become a club record for St Albans.[4] She favoured a Gray Nichols bat. She also bowled medium spin in all the teams she played for. She still held the St Albans club record in 2005 for most appearances for the club at 330 in 2005.[4]
References
- "Ann McKenna". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- "New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women (As at 9 June 2016)" (PDF). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Norman Eric Kirk (1923-1974)". Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Detailed History of the St Albans Cricket Club". Retrieved 19 February 2019.