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Full name | Karen Read | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | North Fremantle, Western Australia | 31 August 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 97) | 21 January 1984 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 25 January 1985 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 33) | 20 January 1982 v International XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 January 1986 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1975/76–1990/91 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,26 January 2023 |
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Read was a member of the Australian team that won the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup. [3]
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