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- ↑ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Captains who have kept wicket and opened the batting". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "How many people have captained, kept wicket and opened the batting in the same Test?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ↑ "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
