Enid Bakewell, Date of Birth

Enid Bakewell

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1940

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Enid Bakewell, (née Turton; born 16 December 1940) played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches.
A right-handed bat and slow left-arm bowler, on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced.
In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88, with 4 centuries, as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62.
In what proved to be her final Test, she scored 68 and 112 not out (out of an England total of 164) and took 10 for 75 (including career-best figures in the second innings of 7-61) against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979.She along with Lynne Thomas set the record for the highest opening run partnership in the history of Women's Cricket World Cup(246)In 2014 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack selected her as one of the five greatest female players of all time.