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Margaret Jean Jennings (born 1 June 1949) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in eight Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1972 and 1978, and captained Australia in one Test match and three One Day Internationals. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.

She scored 341 Test match runs with a best of 104, her only century. Jennings was the first woman cricketer to keep wicket, open the batting and captain in a One Day International. She is also the only woman to do this in Test cricket.

After retiring from playing, Jennings was a selector for the Australian women's team for a number of years. She stepped down from the position in February 2013.

References

1. ^ "Player Profile: Margaret Jennings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
2. "Player Profile: Margaret Jennings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
3. "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.
4. "How many people have captained, kept wicket and opened the batting in the same Test?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
5. "Jennings steps down from WNSP". Cricket Australia. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

Further reading

• Harvey, Rob (1 June 2020). "Margaret Jennings: World Cup Winner". Talkin' About Women's Cricket. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

External links

• Margaret Jennings at ESPNcricinfo
• Margaret Jennings at CricketArchive (subscription required)

v t e Australia squad – 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup runners-up
1 Knee (c) 2 Blunsden 3 Bray 4 Gordon 5 Hill 6 Jennings 7 Macpherson 8 May 9 Potter 10 Rae 11 Thompson 12 Tredrea 13 Weir 14 Wilson Coach: Thomas

v t e Australia squad – 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup – Champions (1st title)
1 Jennings (c) 2 Bray 3 Cook 4 Farrell 5 Fitzsimmons 6 Hill 7 Hills 8 Lumsden 9 Lutschini 10 Robinson 11 Thompson 12 J. Tredrea 13 S. Tredrea Coach: Mitchell

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