Jan Brittin

Janette Ann Brittin MBE (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017), known as Jan Brittin, was an England cricketer[1] who played 27 Tests and 63 ODIs between 1979 and 1998.[2] Her total of 1,935 runs is a Test record [3] as are her five Test centuries.[4] She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for England.[5]

Jan Brittin
Personal information
Full nameJanette Ann Brittin
Born(1959-07-04)4 July 1959
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Died11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 58)
Sussex
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 27 63
Runs scored 1,935 2,121
Batting average 49.61 42.42
100s/50s 5/11 5/8
Top score 167 138*
Balls bowled 1,188 296
Wickets 9 8
Bowling average 46.11 23.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/15 3/16
Catches/stumpings 12/– 26/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2007

Brittin's one-day record of 2,121 runs stood until 2003 when Charlotte Edwards became England's leading one-day run-scorer during the 214-run defeat of Sri Lanka. Edwards said "Jan was a very special player and it is a privilege to head the record table with someone like that". Brittin holds the record for taking the most catches in Women's Cricket World Cup history (19).[6]

As a child, Brittin lived in Chessington, Surrey. She represented English schools at athletics, and later became a rare triple international, in indoor hockey and indoor cricket as well as cricket. She was well known for her feats of athleticism on the cricket field; her England team-mate Enid Bakewell has said that "One of the reasons they changed from playing in skirts to trousers was JB’s diving stops!"[7]

After retiring from the game in 1998 she became a teacher, but also coached at Surrey County Cricket Club. She died of cancer aged 58.[8] In July 2019, Surrey County Cricket Club named a room in the members' pavilion in her honour.[9][10]

References
  1. "In Memoriam 2017". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. Mason, Peter (19 September 2017). "Jan Brittin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. Most runs in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  4. Most hundreds in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
  5. "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. Nicholson, Raf (30 July 2019). "Janette Brittin finally given credit her genius deserves as Surrey pay homage to one of English cricket's greats". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  8. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/19/jan-brittin-obituary
  9. "Janette Brittin Room Officially Opened". Surrey Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. "Honour for Jan Brittin at The Oval". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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