Jan Brittin

Janette Ann Brittin MBE (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 27 Tests and 63 ODIs for England between 1979 and 1998. She played domestic cricket for Sussex and Surrey.^[1][2][3]

Jan Brittin

MBE

Personal information
Full name	Janette Ann Brittin
Born	(1959-07-04)4 July 1959 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Died	11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 58) Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England (1979–1998)
Test debut (cap 82)	16 June 1979 v West Indies
Last Test	21 August 1998 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 25)	6 June 1979 v West Indies
Last ODI	18 July 1998 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1978–1980	Sussex
1981–1997	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA Matches 27 63 43 135 Runs scored 1,935 2,120 2,878 4,905 Batting average 49.61 42.42 43.60 46.71 100s/50s 5/11 5/8 7/16 6/29 Top score 167 138* 167 138* Balls bowled 1,188 296 1,902 1,191 Wickets 9 8 28 33 Bowling average 46.11 23.75 26.71 20.33 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/15 3/16 4/16 3/5 Catches/stumpings 12/– 26/– 23/– 62/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 February 2021

Brittin was part of the England team that triumphed in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to women's cricket.^[4][5]

One of England's most successful batters, her total of 1,935 runs is a Test record, as are her five Test centuries.^[6][7] She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for England.^[8] Brittin holds the record for taking the most catches, 19, in Women's Cricket World Cup history.^[9]

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!"^[10]

After retiring from the game in 1998 she became a teacher, but also coached at Surrey County Cricket Club. She died of cancer on 11 September 2017, aged 58.^[1] In July 2019, Surrey County Cricket Club named a room in the members' pavilion in her honour.^[11][12] In November 2021, she was inducted to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[13]

References

1. Mason, Peter (19 September 2017). "Jan Brittin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
2. "In Memoriam 2017". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
3. "Player Profile:Jan Brittin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
4. Daniel Grummitt (28 January 2013). "Women's World Cup History - England 1993" – CricketWorld. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
5. "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 14.
6. Most runs in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
7. Most hundreds in Women's Test matches, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
8. "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
9. "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most catches | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
10. 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.
11. "Janette Brittin Room Officially Opened". Surrey Cricket. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
12. "Honour for Jan Brittin at The Oval". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
13. "Janette Brittin, Mahela Jayawardene and Shaun Pollock inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

• Jan Brittin at ESPNcricinfo