Lucy Pearson (cricketer)

Lucy Charlotte Pearson (born 19 February 1972) is a teacher and former English cricketer who played 12 Women's Test matches and 62 Women's One Day Internationals. Pearson also played in the inaugural Women's Twenty20 International, taking one wicket against New Zealand.^[1]

Lucy Pearson

Personal information
Full name	Lucy Charlotte Pearson
Born	(1972-02-19) 19 February 1972 (age 52) Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England (1996–2005)
Test debut (cap 124)	12 July 1996 v New Zealand
Last Test	21 August 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 76)	15 July 1998 v Australia
Last ODI	1 April 2005 v New Zealand
Only T20I (cap 8)	5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992	Thames Valley
1994–1998	East Anglia
2001–2004	Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 12 62 1 124 Runs scored 33 71 – 407 Batting average 4.12 3.08 – 7.40 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 – 0/0 Top score 18* 22* – 45 Balls bowled 2,194 3,026 24 6,265 Wickets 30 68 1 145 Bowling average 29.36 22.97 23.00 20.73 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 0 Best bowling 7–51 3/14 1/23 5/28 Catches/stumpings 3/– 10/– 0/– 24/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2021

A left-arm fast-medium opening bowler, her best performance was against Australia, taking 7–51 in the first innings of the second Test in 2003, winning the Player of the Match award for match figures of 58–21–107–11, becoming only the second English woman to take 11 wickets against Australia in over 70 years.^[2][3] As a result, Pearson was named (2003) Women's Player of the Year for the second time, having taken the inaugural award in 2000.^[3][4] She was also nominated 2005. After guiding England to the semi-finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Pearson was forced to retire with a recurrence of the stress fracture to her ankle that forced her to miss most of the 2002 season.^[5]

Pearson read English at Keble College, Oxford University,^[6] where she also played hockey. She spent three and a half years as Head of Sixth Form at Solihull School, where she sang in the school choir and coached the cricket and hockey XIs.^[4] In 2006, she took up a post as Deputy Head of Wellington College, also teaching English and she is a member of the cricket coaching team.^[6][7] She was the Head of Cheadle Hulme School, which she joined in September 2010. In September 2017, Pearson announced that she would step down from this role at the end of August 2018, joining The Football Association as Director of Education.^[8]

In 2016 Pearson was appointed to the Board of the ECB as the Director responsible for women's cricket.^[9] She left the Board in May 2023.^[10]

References

1. England Women v New Zealand Women, 2004-08-05, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
2. Australia Women v England Women, 2nd Test, 2003-02-25, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
3. Lucy Pearson retires from all cricket, 2005-04-20, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
4. Shenstonian: Valetes Archived 10 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, September 2006, Solihull School. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
5. Cricinfo Profile, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
6. Wellington College Teaching Staff Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington College. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
7. Cricket at Wellington College Archived 26 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Wellington College. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
8. "Former England cricketer Lucy Pearson appointed as the new head of FA education". TheFA. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
9. "ECB announces former England bowler Lucy Pearson will take up women's cricket role". Sky Sports. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
10. "ECB announces four new Non-Executive Directors". ECB. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

External links

• Lucy Pearson at ESPNcricinfo