Player profile Arran Brindle, England Ladies

Full name Arran Brindle also known as Arran Thompson
Born November 23, 1981, Keighley, Yorkshire
Current age 24
Major teams England Women, Lancashire Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

 

 

 

 

An opening bat and former England Under-19 Captain, Arran Brindle smashed the world record for the opening stand in a Test with Caroline Atkins in Lucknow, India, in January (2002) as she reached her then-highest Test score of 85. She surpassed this in 2005 in the first Test against Australia at Hove, when she made her first Test hundred. Brindle has picked up the Best Batsman Award at the Frizzell County Championships two years in a row, helping Lancashire to gain promotion in 2001. Also an outstanding fielder, she made her debut for England in the ODI Series against South Africa, which England won 3-2. She played boys' cricket for Thornton-in-Craven from the age of 12. She has also played football and tennis. Brindle won local council Best Sportsperson Award in 1998 for her county and national selection. She studied PE and Sports Science at Loughborough University, graduating in 2003 and was married the same year. Selected for the World Cup squad for South Africa, 2005.

 

 

 

 

Batting and fielding averages
class  mat  inns  no  runs  hs  ave  bf  sr  100  50  ct  st
Tests   8   14   2   340   101*   28.33         1   2   3   0
ODIs   53   50   7   1050   81   24.41         0   7   26   0
Twenty-20 Int.   1   1   0   15   15   15.00   12   125.00   0   0   0   0
 Bowling averages
class  mat  balls  runs  wkts  bbi  bbm  ave  econ  sr  4  5  10
Tests   8   0   0   0   -   -   -   -   -   0   0   0
ODIs   53   54   35   2   1/10   1/10   17.50   3.88   27.00   0   0   0
Twenty-20 Int.   1   0   0   0   -   -   -   -   -   0   0   0
 Career statistics
Test debut  England Women v Australia Women at Shenley - Jun 24-26, 2001 
Last Test  England Women v Australia Women at Worcester - Aug 24-27, 2005 
ODIs debut  Denmark Women v England Women at Nykobing Mors - Jul 20, 1999 
Last ODIs  Sri Lanka Women v England Women at Colombo (Colts) - Nov 10, 2005 
Twenty-20 Int. span  2005