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Full name | Sarah Louise Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Croydon, Greater London, England | 28 March 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 92) | 10 August 2001 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 24 January 2002 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1999–2015 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,7 March 2021 |
Sarah Louise Clarke (born 28 March 1982) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-arm leg break bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in six One Day Internationals for England [1] She played county cricket for Surrey from 1999 to 2015. [2]
Clarke made her international debut against Scotland in August 2001 and scored 66* batting at number seven. She and Nicky Shaw shared a stand of 85*,which was at the time a record eighth wicket partnership in Women's One Day Internationals until it was broken by Nilakshi de Silva and Oshadi Ranasinghe for Sri Lanka against England in 2019. [3] [4] Clarke's final match came against India in January 2002. In total she took five wickets at an average of 16.80,including a spell of 4 for 15 against Ireland in August 2001. [5]
Her best bowling figures of 6 for 11 for club side Purley Redoubtables came against Leeds &Broomfield in 2010,surpassing her previous best of 6–17 in the ECB Cup semi-final of 2001 against North Riding WCC.[ citation needed ]
In May 2015,Clarke was one of the one of the first four women to be formally capped by Surrey County Cricket Club,along with Katherine Robson,Cecily Scutt and Nat Sciver. [6]
In June 2015,Clarke became the leading wicket taker for Surrey Women in limited overs cricket by taking 4 for 11 against Lancashire,surpassing Caroline Barrs (120 wickets) as the record holder.[ citation needed ]
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